[olug] Linux Networking Problems

[jachurchill at cox.net]

get rid of the crossover connection, use the router.  Then see if you can manually mount the network connection.  smbmount //ip-address/network-share /mount-point.  You'll have to do this as root.  I've had problems trying to browse a network with Suse 9 and I only know 1 person who's ever gotten network printing to work and it was using Mandrake, not Suse.  

Good Luck

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> From: "Andy Ericson" <aericson at prolinx.net>
> Date: 2005/12/19 Mon AM 10:43:38 EST
> To: <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: [olug] Linux Networking Problems
> 
> I have tried to connect a Linux Suse 9 system with one running Windows XP, mainly to share a printer. Both systems have ethernet cards which are normally used for internet connections. I replaced the internet connections with a crossover LAN cable. I configured XP for file and printer sharing using a workgroup. When I run Yast, it doesn't see the workgroup on the network nor can I configure a printer  I can ping the two machines from each other so the physical connection is good.
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> When I reconnected the systems to the internet, the internet connection on the Linux system no longer works. I can ping the router which the internet connection goes through. .
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