Derek Jennings wrote: > You are best off however just defining > your Linux computer to use DHCP and let your Win2k machine serve an IP > address to it. You should also define the win2k machine to be the 'default > gateway' for the Linux computer, and set your ISP's DNS server addresses so > that the Linux computer can resolve names on the Internet.
W2K and Mdk are on separate partitions on this one machine, so only one at a time is running. I intend having a separate box when I can get to it, as I told daRc. > You did not select Internet Connection Sharing did you? > You select that if the Linux machine is the gateway. You are using Win2k as > the gateway aren't you? Yes, I did. W2K is the gate way when running, and Mdk is to be the gateway otherwise. >>Currently, we run a MS peer-to-peer network, with my W2K box acting as >>gateway. I have read that it is notoriously difficult to set up Samba >>if NETBUI is installed (which it is on the W98 m/cs), and one should get >>rid of it if at all possible. >> > > True: Samba does not work over NETBEUI The Windows computers must have the > TCP stack installed, and there should be a binding between TCP/IP and 'Client > for Microsoft Networks' service in the Windows Network Control Panel. It > does not matter if you remove Netbeui or not.(Right click on the TCP/IP > protocol in the Windows Networking control panel, and select > 'Properties>Bindings') This was set, but perhaps our old problem stemmed from the fact that NETBEUI had the same binding. I have removed Netbeui and confirmed that as long as W2K is up the W98 PCs can ping each other and me and share files. > BTW: Did you see this > http://www.mandrakeforum.org/article.php?sid=2169&lang=en I'll look at that this evening, thanks. > > It should help you access Windows shares from Linux which is a lot easier > than the other way round. Note komba2 is recommended. > > derek Ping - the situation is complicated, when Mdk is running. Under W2K serving ping is OK and reasonable speed. Under Mdk, however - >From W98 m/cs - ping by number is fast and returns 1 ms round trip. Ping by name gives similar statistics, but there is a delay of 1 3/4 minutes before anything appears on screen! >From my m/c, ping by number is no problem. Ping by name does not work at all - >'unknown host Andy'. Does this suggest anything? Anne
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