How do I transfer data over wifi connection

Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
Network) but not Linux to Windows.
Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?
TIA
Bill

Bill Rosoman wrote:
> Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
> Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
> Network) but not Linux to Windows.
> Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?
> TIA
> Bill

you can use smbclient. Make sure there isn't a firewall up, and check
your share permissions. Usually I have to add a new account in Windows
and add it to the permissions before I can connect.

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 07:38:14 -0400, AA wrote:
> Bill Rosoman wrote:
>> Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
>> Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
>> Network) but not Linux to Windows.
>> Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?
>
> you can use smbclient. Make sure there isn't a firewall up, and check
> your share permissions. Usually I have to add a new account in Windows
> and add it to the permissions before I can connect.

If OP uses kde, smb4k is an excellent program. Can even automount the
users windows shares on login.

LinNeighborhood is also an alternative or maybe smbc for a textmode
app. Smbc is a Midnight Commander lookalike.

--
Rolf Arne Schulze
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Rolf Arne Schulze wrote:

> If OP uses kde, smb4k is an excellent program. Can even automount the
> users windows shares on login.
>
> LinNeighborhood is also an alternative or maybe smbc for a textmode
> app. Smbc is a Midnight Commander lookalike.

I think he can use any method which he used with wired network.
Bye.
ValerioZ

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:40:44 +0200, ValerioZ wrote:
> Rolf Arne Schulze wrote:
>
>> If OP uses kde, smb4k is an excellent program. Can even automount the
>> users windows shares on login.
>>
>> LinNeighborhood is also an alternative or maybe smbc for a textmode
>> app. Smbc is a Midnight Commander lookalike.
>
> I think he can use any method which he used with wired network.

I forgot to say that . But obviously he needed help on something
else than wireless networking. He obviously got that nailed.

--
Rolf Arne Schulze
Trans-atlantic weightloss challenge: http://tawlc.net/

(E-Mail Removed) (Bill Rosoman) writes:

]Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
]Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
]Network) but not Linux to Windows.
]Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?

The wifi connection is just an ethernet connection as far as the systems
are concerned. Thus, once you have the connection, you just need to do
whatever you would do if you had an ordinary ethernet connection.
On the other hand if you had the same problems with an ethernet connection,
then that is a question independent of the wifi.
Do you have your routing set up properly? can you ping each machine from
the other?
Samba allows you to mount a windows directory on the linux machine or vice
versa. What way do you want to access the network?

Rolf Arne Schulze <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

]On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:40:44 +0200, ValerioZ wrote:
]> Rolf Arne Schulze wrote:
]>
]>> If OP uses kde, smb4k is an excellent program. Can even automount the
]>> users windows shares on login.
]>>
]>> LinNeighborhood is also an alternative or maybe smbc for a textmode
]>> app. Smbc is a Midnight Commander lookalike.
]>
]> I think he can use any method which he used with wired network.

]I forgot to say that . But obviously he needed help on something
]else than wireless networking. He obviously got that nailed.

No. it is unclear where his problem is from the information he gave. Has he
ever wired the two machines together and had it working? If yes, then the
comment is very relevant. On the other hand he may be in the swamp where he
is learning everything at once, and where we have no idea what he wants to
do. There are many ways of "transfering files" -- ftp, samba, nfs, email,
web,... We have no idea which he wants.

(E-Mail Removed) (Bill Unruh) wrote in message news:<cimttm$7pn$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> (E-Mail Removed) (Bill Rosoman) writes:
>
> ]Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
> ]Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
> ]Network) but not Linux to Windows.
> ]Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?
>
> The wifi connection is just an ethernet connection as far as the systems
> are concerned. Thus, once you have the connection, you just need to do
> whatever you would do if you had an ordinary ethernet connection.
> On the other hand if you had the same problems with an ethernet connection,
> then that is a question independent of the wifi.
> Do you have your routing set up properly? can you ping each machine from
> the other?
> Samba allows you to mount a windows directory on the linux machine or vice
> versa. What way do you want to access the network?

No I still cannot ping the machines which is in large aprt probably
the problem.
I have tried a heap of stuff but cannot get the TCP working properly,
though it was when I could talk to the 2 PCs.

(E-Mail Removed) (Bill Rosoman) writes:

](E-Mail Removed) (Bill Unruh) wrote in message news:<cimttm$7pn$(E-Mail Removed)>...
]> (E-Mail Removed) (Bill Rosoman) writes:
]>
]> ]Have a wirelss network (ad-hoc) windows to linux working at last.
]> ]Can transfer Windows to Linux (appears in My Network Places > Entire
]> ]Network) but not Linux to Windows.
]> ]Do I use Samba or what way do I access the network?
]>
]> The wifi connection is just an ethernet connection as far as the systems
]> are concerned. Thus, once you have the connection, you just need to do
]> whatever you would do if you had an ordinary ethernet connection.
]> On the other hand if you had the same problems with an ethernet connection,
]> then that is a question independent of the wifi.
]> Do you have your routing set up properly? can you ping each machine from
]> the other?
]> Samba allows you to mount a windows directory on the linux machine or vice
]> versa. What way do you want to access the network?

]No I still cannot ping the machines which is in large aprt probably
]the problem.
]I have tried a heap of stuff but cannot get the TCP working properly,
]though it was when I could talk to the 2 PCs.

You cannot ping which machines? And which of my questions was this the
answer to? What about the other questions?

What is the output of ifconfig -a on the Linux machine? what is the output
of iwconfig? What are the IP addresses of the two machines? What is the
content of the routing tables? Why do you think your wifi is set up at all?