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IS WINDOWS A VIRUS?



"Kevin M. Gleason" wrote:

> Maybe just their documentation is virus prone. RE: Samba checklist of a
> few days back. Finally got Linux to recognize my old nic card LinkSys.
> Now I'm trying to figure out (once again) how to configure the rest of
> my Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Windows 95/98 network. I have just about every
> book they've ever written in front of my but Microsoft tends to say "We
> do that" without really ever telling you HOW to do it". I had my net
> working a year ago (though trial and error) don't have the time to
> rethink it. What protocols do I need to run Windows Network with Samba?
> I have:
> Client for Microsoft Networks
> NE2000 Compatible
> TCP/IP->NE2000 Compatible
> File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks

SMB and NetBEUI
You need to enable NetBEUI in M$ Networking.  I have Samba working at home
, used mostly for printer sharing between  our
M$ Windows 9x machines and my Linux system (which is the server).
It works great.

>
>
> I have shares setup for everything. I can [now] ping everything but
> cannot see my Linux box nor any of my other Windows-based computers.
>
> Kevin
>
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