Apparently I am a turd at networking. Trying to network 2 PC's, one with linux, one with XP through a linksys router.

[coolred]

Okay I am running one rig with Xandros Desktop OS3, the other is running win XP. They are both connected to my linksys router and are sharing my broadband connection. The internet works on both, but I can't seem to figure out how to get a network connection between the 2. I heard it was really easy using Xandros, but I must be missing something. Please help.

 

[osage]

check on the Linux box and see if samba or the Xandros equivilant (sp) is running.

 

[n0cmonkey]

ps -auxww | grep smbd
ps -auxww | grep nmbd

 

[osage]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
ps -auxww | grep smbd
ps -auxww | grep nmbd

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say...................

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
ps -auxww | grep smbd
ps -auxww | grep nmbd

Osage, from what I read Samba is supposed to be installed by default on Xandros OS 3.


Noc, I assume I was meant to type those in the run command line on the linux box? I did and nothing happened.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: coolred

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
ps -auxww | grep smbd
ps -auxww | grep nmbd

Osage, from what I read Samba is supposed to be installed by default on Xandros OS 3.


Noc, I assume I was meant to type those in the run command line on the linux box? I did and nothing happened.

Yeah, bolded stuff is usually commands with me.

ps : shows you the processes running.
-auxww : Just the options you feed to ps (man ps if you want to know what each does).
| : everything on the left of the pipe (|) is filtered through what's on the right side of the pipe.
grep : look for this.

smbd is the samba process and nmbd is the netbios process.

Try:
locate smbd

If that returns something, try running it.

 

[coolred]

Nothing again

 

[coolred]

Samba is listed as running under the services part of the control center

 

[n0cmonkey]

This was posted in the OS forum:

If you want something to set up a quick and dirty file sharing server, I haven't found anything easier than Xandros. I'm running their new OCE edition and it is great.

To share a drive with withdows... open the file manager... right click on the folder --> sharing --> windows sharing

It basically works almost identically to windowsXP

The new version (3.1 I think) also sticks closer to the generic debian, so it is much easier to update apps.

I use Linux, so I don't know what the "control center" is.

 

[coolred]

Well the control center is actually something in Xandros, which is linux, I will give that a try, thanks

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: coolred
Well the control center is actually something in Xandros, which is linux, I will give that a try, thanks

That's (as far as I can tell) a Xandros Linux thing. I've never seen it and it sounds complicated. The idea of having a bunch of different gui tools to configure things is silly. How is a redhat user going to help a xandros user if they aren't using the same tools? Long live $EDITOR!

EDIT: I'm editor agnostic in this post. :beer: