File and Printer Sharing

I need some help setting up my home network. Our main computer is running
Windows XP sp2, which is in the kitchen. My computer is a Linux machine,
Ubuntu 7.10, which is in my room. We have a D-link DI-624 wireless router and
I have set-up my AP and encryption type and am not using a static IP. Now I
need to figure out how to access my files and the printer on the XP machine.
I have "My Files" as shared, but it doesn't show up in "My Network Places" .
The printer is also shared.

On my Linux macnine I have Samba (SMB) which is a Windows share program. I
am using roaming mode so my IP address chaneges when the lease is up etc. etc.

I need to know how to set-up the XP machine so I can see "My Files" and the
printer from the Linux machine.
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| Compaq Proliant ML 330 G2 | 733MHz Intel Pentium 3 | Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
Gibbon | ATI Rage XL
| Netgear WPN311 Range Max Wireless Destop Wifi Card | NIC Fast Ethernet
Card |

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| Compaq Proliant ML 330 G2 | 733MHz Intel Pentium 3 | Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
Gibbon | ATI Rage XL
| Netgear WPN311 Range Max Wireless Destop Wifi Card | NIC Fast Ethernet
Card |




"tad1073" wrote:

> I need some help setting up my home network. Our main computer is running
> Windows XP sp2, which is in the kitchen. My computer is a Linux machine,
> Ubuntu 7.10, which is in my room. We have a D-link DI-624 wireless router and
> I have set-up my AP and encryption type and am not using a static IP. Now I
> need to figure out how to access my files and the printer on the XP machine.
> I have "My Files" as shared, but it doesn't show up in "My Network Places" .
> The printer is also shared.
>
> On my Linux macnine I have Samba (SMB) which is a Windows share program. I
> am using roaming mode so my IP address chaneges when the lease is up etc. etc.
>
> I need to know how to set-up the XP machine so I can see "My Files" and the
> printer from the Linux machine.
> --
> | Compaq Proliant ML 330 G2 | 733MHz Intel Pentium 3 | Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
> Gibbon | ATI Rage XL
> | Netgear WPN311 Range Max Wireless Destop Wifi Card | NIC Fast Ethernet
> Card |
>
> Can no one help me with this? I am trying to figure out how to set-up xp to share files using the SMB protocol. Anyone?

No one can help me with this? I thought people who use M$ are as smart as
Bill Gates?
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| Compaq Proliant ML 330 G2 | 733MHz Intel Pentium 3 | Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
Gibbon | ATI Rage XL
| Netgear WPN311 Range Max Wireless Destop Wifi Card | NIC Fast Ethernet
Card |




"tad1073" wrote:

> I need some help setting up my home network. Our main computer is running
> Windows XP sp2, which is in the kitchen. My computer is a Linux machine,
> Ubuntu 7.10, which is in my room. We have a D-link DI-624 wireless router and
> I have set-up my AP and encryption type and am not using a static IP. Now I
> need to figure out how to access my files and the printer on the XP machine.
> I have "My Files" as shared, but it doesn't show up in "My Network Places" .
> The printer is also shared.
>
> On my Linux macnine I have Samba (SMB) which is a Windows share program. I
> am using roaming mode so my IP address chaneges when the lease is up etc. etc.
>
> I need to know how to set-up the XP machine so I can see "My Files" and the
> printer from the Linux machine.
> --
> | Compaq Proliant ML 330 G2 | 733MHz Intel Pentium 3 | Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy
> Gibbon | ATI Rage XL
> | Netgear WPN311 Range Max Wireless Destop Wifi Card | NIC Fast Ethernet
> Card |
>
> Can no one help me with this? I am trying to figure out how to set-up xp to share files using the SMB protocol. Anyone?

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:34:05 -0800, tad1073 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No one can help me with this? I thought people who use M$ are as smart as
>Bill Gates?

With a pair of Microsoft computers, we would start with logs from "browstat
status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config workstation",
from each computer. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

You can produce those logs from the Windows XP computer, but I don't know what
equivalents you can get from Linux. All 4 logs, from each computer, are very
useful in visibility problems like yours. I'll let you read my articles on
network diagnostics, and suggest that you find equivalent diagnostics in Linux.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-tutorial.html

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