How to network a WinXP SP2 with a Debian Linux machine

Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
Thanks in advance.

Steve Turner wrote:

> Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
> with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
> Thanks in advance.

Hardware router (like a linksys)?

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On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
>with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>Thanks in advance.

It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like 192.168.1.1
for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1 as
a gateway, default route.

Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
windoze 'network neighborhood'.

Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.

"AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>>Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
>>with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>>Thanks in advance.
>
> It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
> They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
> 10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
> local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like
> 192.168.1.1
> for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1 as
> a gateway, default route.
>
> Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
> windoze 'network neighborhood'.
>
> Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.
>

Best I can tell Windows XP doesn't come with "Network Neighbourhood". That's
like Windows 98.

"Baho Utot" <baho-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Steve Turner wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2
>> machine
>> with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Hardware router (like a linksys)?
>
> --
> Tayo'y Mga Pinoy

Yeah

On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:26:21 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>"AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>>Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
>>>with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>> It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
>> They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
>> 10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
>> local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like
>> 192.168.1.1
>> for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1 as
>> a gateway, default route.
>>
>> Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
>> windoze 'network neighborhood'.
>>
>> Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.
>>

>Best I can tell Windows XP doesn't come with "Network Neighbourhood". That's
>like Windows 98.

what-fucking-ever. It's samba.

"AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:26:21 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>>"AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>>Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2
>>>>machine
>>>>with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
>>> They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
>>> 10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
>>> local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like
>>> 192.168.1.1
>>> for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1
>>> as
>>> a gateway, default route.
>>>
>>> Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
>>> windoze 'network neighborhood'.
>>>
>>> Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.
>>>
>
>>Best I can tell Windows XP doesn't come with "Network Neighbourhood".
>>That's
>>like Windows 98.
>
> what-fucking-ever. It's samba.
>

I KNOW! FUCK! Read the question! It is....Does anyone know of THE definitive
guide to networking a WinXP and a Linux machine.

The people in this group are clearly not very bright. And rude to boot. I'm
unsubscribing.

Steve Turner wrote:
> "AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:26:21 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>> "AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2
>>>>> machine
>>>>> with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
>>>> They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
>>>> 10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
>>>> local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like
>>>> 192.168.1.1
>>>> for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1
>>>> as
>>>> a gateway, default route.
>>>>
>>>> Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
>>>> windoze 'network neighborhood'.
>>>>
>>>> Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.
>>>>
>>> Best I can tell Windows XP doesn't come with "Network Neighbourhood".
>>> That's
>>> like Windows 98.
>> what-fucking-ever. It's samba.
>>
>
> I KNOW! FUCK! Read the question! It is....Does anyone know of THE definitive
> guide to networking a WinXP and a Linux machine.
>
> The people in this group are clearly not very bright. And rude to boot. I'm
> unsubscribing.
>
>

for fuck's sake he answered all your questions

and well just because it has changed name (windows network vs network
neighbourhood) doesn't make it any different. It's still
SMB/NetBIOS with some minor improvements (NTLMv2)

Steve Turner wrote:
> "AZ Nomad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:30 GMT, Steve Turner <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
>>> with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> It is the same for networking any two machines. The OS is irrelevent.
>> They need to be on a local network on a subnet such as 192.168.1.x,
>> 10.0.0.x, etc., and then the router will perform translation between the
>> local area network and the outside world. Reserve an address like
>> 192.168.1.1
>> for the router and set the local networked machiens to use 192.168.1.1 as
>> a gateway, default route.
>>
>> Install samba on the linux machine if you want to share files using the
>> windoze 'network neighborhood'.
>>
>> Plug them both into the router and the router to a DSL modem.
>>
>
> Best I can tell Windows XP doesn't come with "Network Neighbourhood". That's
> like Windows 98.

Then you probably have "Windows XP Home Edition" which has restricted
networking capabilities.

You can still run Samba on your Linux machine. Set up a shared area on
its /etc/smb.conf file and configure the Windows machine through the
"Map Network Drive" tab in the main networking window where you can
enter a user name and password.

Robert

On 05/13/2008 04:16 AM, Steve Turner wrote:
> Does anyone know of THE definitive guide to networking a WinXP SP2 machine
> with a Linux Debian machine when they share the same DSL modem / router?
> Thanks in advance.

That's as easy as 1, 2 and 3:

1) Setup and enable DHCP Services and DNS Services on your xDSL router.
2) On Debian nachine, try one of the following:

dhclient eth0
or
pump eth0

If any of the above works, you need to make things permanent now --
append the following lines to your /etc/networking/interfaces file:

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Please see:

man 5 interfaces

for further details.

3) On WinXP SPx machine, goto Network Connections, right click on Local
Area Connection, select Properties->Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), click
again Properties and select Obtain an IP address automatically and
Obtain DNS server address automatically

Hope that helps,
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