Grrr... Networking Sucks.

[NssOne]

Yeah, networking is a bitch, it sucks ass.

Problem: Making a PC running Win2K network to a PC running Red Hat Linux 9.

I apparently have two networks. One is a Windows Workgroup, the other is the network of my samba server running on RH9. I can't connect to it. My instructor and I had it working on his laptop over the school's network, but now I can't figure out what I have to do with my Win2k to get it work.

I'm kind of ranting here, but maybe somebody here knows how to help me. I never messed with Linux before so I know crap about it except what my instructor has helped me learn or what I got from linuxquestions.org.

 

[EvilDragon]

What exactly is your problem?
I have Suse Linux 8.2 with Samba and my Windows XP workstation running together fine

Just some quick checks:

- Samba installed and correctly running?
- Don't forget NetBIOS!
- User is correctly configured (not only in Linux but also in Samba. Use smbpasswd -a <username> to add a user in Samba)?
- The Workgroup is the same on both PCs?
- The Netmask allows the connection?
(i.e. if you have the same IP Range like 192.168.2.x, a Netmask 255.255.255.0 works... if you have it like 192.168.x.x, you'll need at least a Netmask of 255.255.0.0)

- PING works already? Only with IP or also with computer's name?

Another quick note:
The user name and password has to be the same on both machines!
"Connect as..." in Windows apparently doesn't work, the USER HAS TO BE LOGGED IN!!!

 

[geo12]

i got a wireless router to network my laptop to my desktop. it works great.

 

[NssOne]

Ok, forgot about the whole workgroup thing. But now I'm in the workgroup, but it's still not accessible, just says '\\Tom (name of the box) is not accessible.' I thik I know what I'm missing from my system, but I can't find my Win2k cd.... :sigh:

EDIT: Still not understanding what's wrong here... Had it working, but I can't get it working now at home.