Question by bob: Setting up a home network with xp and ubuntu?
i want to set up a home network (im not looking for samba.) i already have internet on both computers. i already set up a network on my xp. how do i connect the ubuntu computer to it?
thank you for answering!
Best answer:
Answer by csbstrd
If you’re trying to access the xp computer from ubuntu I think you need smbfs and samba client. If you can’t connect you might need to check the firewall settings on the xp box.
What do you think? Answer below!
As you have most likely found by now, Linux can read and write to most any file system. The problem is Windows cannot. Even more to the point, Windows will NOT network with anything other than Windows systems, or what it thinks are Windows systems
That is where Samba comes in. It makes a Linux computer APPEAR as if it was an networked NTFS drive to a Windows machine. If you want to share files between the Linux machine and the Windows machine, you will need Samba
If all you want to do is control the Linux machine from your Windows machine, load SSH and VNC on the Windows machine, set up VNC server on the Linux machine and take control of the Linux machine from your Windows desktop.
Good Luck