Hi James Thanks for your detail information. I shall go through your recommended technical documents first before I make my final decision in which direction I shall proceed.
Thanks again. B.R. Stephen At 07:17 PM 1/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Stephen > > In short .... yes... However I bet you need more info than this so >let me point you to some docs. > >The basics of Networking. >http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html > >Samba ( the network neighborhood for *nix/windows ) >http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html > > >These two should get you properly confused *grin* actually they will >provide more info than you will need but they are rather general in >nature. > >How I would handle it is that I'd set linux box with a basic firewall >and IP-Masq. This allows me to use my one real IP number and then >'share' it with all the other boxes for the net. behind that firewall >I then have 253 ip-numbers I can use (per network) to enable local >boxes to find each other. > >If you already have these two behind a firewall or they both already >have IP numbers then you only need to use samba on your linux box and >you are off and running with the shares. Of course you can always use >WS-FTP or CuteFTP on your Windows box to get and put files on the >Linux box. The advantage of Samba is that it allows for two way file >movement between linux and windows. FTP is only from windows since it >doesn't have an ftp server. Then once you have samba up on the linux >box and both are in the same "group" (explained in the how to above) I >would recommend putting xsmbrowser on your linux box. It's interface >makes for really straight forward use of samba to transfer files. I >realize this is a short explination but most of the info is covered in >the above how to's and would make a really long e-mail. > >James > >On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 09:42:59 +0800 >Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All People. > > > > Can I make use of lan hub to connect a Win box and Linux box for >files/data > > transfer ? > > > > If yes, then how. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > B.R. > > Stephen Liu > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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