How would I go about networking Windows XP and Linux?

[oreos]

Well I used to have a home network so I have the equipment and such and its all setup. The two machines use DHCP.

If I create a 4 gb partition on my Windows XP machine, can my Linux box read/write files to and from it? I have this thing called Samba, but I'm not sure how to use it.

Also about the DHCP, it seems whenever the Linux box is assigned a new IP address the internet connection cuts out one or both machines and I have to unplug/replug the modem to reset the IPs.

[ask_123]

You need to give more details about the set up of your home network before any answer possible.

[oreos]

What details?

[ask_123]

That is how is you machines are connected together. Do you use a gateway computer to connect to the internet or machines are all connect to the internet directly...etc.

[oreos]

They are connected via a hub.

[oreos]

*cough*

[Helper_Monkey]

Yes you can network the two computers.

If you want both to read/write to that partition it needs to be a fat32 partition.

As for samba, take a look at the Samba nhf (http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Networks/Samba.html).

[tamara]

o.k., just kidding about the cough part -- let me take a run at this --

what linux are you running?

are you dual-booting so that WinXP and Linux are on the same box, or are you using two boxes, one with WinXP and one with Linux? My dual-boot computer is my gateway computer (it's known as 127.0.0.1 _and_ 192.168.0.1 -- the ME box goes looking for the gateway Red Hat box and then *pretends* to be that same box when someone else is really surfing the 'net)

To use the windows files on Linux and vice versa, from my understanding, you need samba and there is an NHF on this website under networks: http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Networks

I'm struggling with the network thing myself, but 50-percent of what I've managed so far has come from the NHF's here, searching the forums and asking when I still can't quite understand it.

My current set up includes one dual-boot computer with Red Hat 8.0 and WinMe. I have the WinME partition permanently mounted on the Red Hat side of the computer so I can at least access some things (mostly html and images). I searched the forums here and found out how to do that so the partition is automounted on boot/re-boot.

The 2nd machine is hooked up via eth0 for internet sharing (ipmasquerade).

By running neat (the red hat gui for networking), I have assigned ip addresses to each machine.

So, oreos, keep reading, keep searching and try to narrow down your questions.

Now, I'm off to read about samba -- again! That's a pretty decent intro to networking and gateway and all that good stuff too.

[oreos]

My distro is Vector Linux, and that NHF was very confusing. Moreso by it being designed with Windows 95 in mind and XP is different in many areas.

And from what I think I read it delt with the Windows machine connecting to the Linux box, then the internet, whereas I have both connected to a hub and then to the internet.