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My setup is like this:

Desktop computer with Linux (different distros) and XP
Laptop with XP
iBurst is connected to a Linksys WRT54Gv5 Router.
Router connected to Desktop computer via ethernet
Laptop connects with Router via wireless (WPA)

Firstly, when I setup a network I assume that traffic between the desktop and laptop would not consume any iBurst bandwidth. Is this correct?

What software should I use in Linux (assume SUSE 10 and Mandriva 2006) to allow the laptop to see selected drives and directories on the desktop? And the printer. Searching would suggest that SAMBA is the way to go. I assume again that iBurst should have no influence on configuration. If it does, are there any particular things I should look out for.

What software should I look for if I want XP to allow the laptop to see selected drives and directories on the desktop?
 
router problem

how do i hare my iburst connection with my laptop

i have a gigabyte 4 port router

laptop has wireless network

any ideas...

thanks
 
Jongi said:
Firstly, when I setup a network I assume that traffic between the desktop and laptop would not consume any iBurst bandwidth. Is this correct?
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That is correct.

What software should I use in Linux (assume SUSE 10 and Mandriva 2006) to allow the laptop to see selected drives and directories on the desktop? And the printer. Searching would suggest that SAMBA is the way to go. I assume again that iBurst should have no influence on configuration. If it does, are there any particular things I should look out for.
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Yes, Samba would probably be the easiest. Nothing special i.t.o. the iBurst config, except the general rule that you should filter any traffic to it from the Internet connection (as well as any other services that you don't specifically need. Most Linux distros come with reasonable filter ("firewall") config scripts these days that will let you do this easily.

What software should I look for if I want XP to allow the laptop to see selected drives and directories on the desktop?
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Sorry, you've lost me with this one. If you're referring to file access to the Linux desktop from the XP laptop, we covered it above: Samba on Linux and standard MS file/print client services that are installed by default with Windows XP on the laptop.

If you meant the reverse (Linux accessing files on the XP laptop), Linux has kernel support for SMB filesystems, so if you create file shares on the XP laptop, you should be able to mount those into the Linux system's directory hierarchy.
 
I'm now wanting to set one of the network computers to have a specific IP address (Windows XP). What settings do I need to change in the Wireless settings in Network Connections to be able to do this?

EDIT:

I'm guessing that -

IP: IP within the router range (eg 192.168.1.100)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1

However I have no clue what DNS settings to provide.
 
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You first need to disable DHCP in your router, this usually dishes out IP's to the PC's on the network so you can disable it then set the network adress by going to the properties of the wireless connection, selecting Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and clicking properties, here you select "use the following IP adress" and enter the desired adress. If you turn off DHCP you will need to do this to all of your PC's because they will too not recieve a IP automatically.

However, even easier is to simply specify in your routers DHCP settings for a certain PC (identifyable by the MAC adress) to always be assigned a specific IP adress. Im not familiar with a Linksys but i'm shure they can do it if my old Netgear router can.

I'd rather just do it in the router without disabling DHCP, it will be much quicker, but I currently use the first method, works fine.
 
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If I choose to disable the DHCP settings, what do I use as the DNS servers?

The Windows Hating Man: See my edit at around the same time you posted.
 
Jongi said:
If I choose to disable the DHCP settings, what do I use as the DNS servers?

The Windows Hating Man: See my edit at around the same time you posted.
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haha, ja. Thanks for vertaling my name.

You simply put the routers IP as your primary DNS server. Works for me, I geuss it might depend on your router but a Linksys should be able to do this.

If not just set the Iburst DNS servers for your area, JHB and CPT are different i believe. not shure what those are in JHB though... i dnot think its on the Iburst site, maby if you search these forums?
 
So at the PC level I would have the DNS setting as the IP address I use to access the router and it's functionality?
 
For interest sake, on my FC5 install access to pages seemed that bit slower when using 192.168.1.1. So I changed the DNS servers to the ones reported by my router and that seemed to speed up access to sites.
 
Well I geuss you are adding a extra little job for every connection attempt, the router still has to get the DNS server, but now you go through your PC first which get redirected.. thanks for that i never noticed my self.

I didnt think this would have much effect. UIll try changing mine too, but my router doesnt show the DNS.
Can someone give me the CPT DNS servers, I used to have them but i got no idea now..
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
Well I geuss you are adding a extra little job for every connection attempt, the router still has to get the DNS server, but now you go through your PC first which get redirected.. thanks for that i never noticed my self.

I didnt think this would have much effect. UIll try changing mine too, but my router doesnt show the DNS.
Can someone give me the CPT DNS servers, I used to have them but i got no idea now..
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From looking at my router the DNS IPs are 196.46.70.1 and 196.30.31.193 for CPT
 
Thanks pro. You will see that I got them in post #13. But I was meaning to put them in here anyway for reference should I go through this again or need to advise someone on the DNS servers.
 
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