Le 09/17/03 Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit notamment: > On 17 Sep 2003, at 7:43 am, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > >> OK I will be more specific: I just want to transfer files from my pc to >> my laptop, or make backups of one on the other. I have tried to do that >> with a cable (rj45 as it's called in France) connecting them, but >> then I >> could figure out what to do. There is some utility in KDE but I >> could not >> make it work >> This is why I believe I need a howto; I am currently reading the >> NET-HOWTO >> but any other advice will be welcome > > You probably want to install Samba (SMB),
done already > then. This is an implementation of Microsoft filesharing for Linux, and > will allow you to drag & drop files on your PC to & from your Linux box; > I would imagine that KDE / Gnome also allow drag & drop of files on SMB > shares, or you can mount Windows shares at the command-line on your > Linux box. > > First, as someone else has pointed out, you need to ensure that the > two machines are connected via the RJ45 cable (as it's also called > elsewhere). You need to allocate each machine a different IP address > on the same subnet - something like 192.168.1.5 & 192.168.1.6, subnet > mask 255.255.255.0 - then `ping` between them. My problem is here: it doesn't work > > When I first started networking I found Helmig's HOWTO for Windows >useful: http://wown.com/ For configuring Samba: http://tinyurl.com/nnpz I'll look at these, thx -- Jean Magnan de Bornier 3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins France Tel: 04 90 59 33 94 Port: 06 09 17 35 87 mèl: jm.bornier*at*free.fr -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
