[CVALE] My next big step with Linux...

[Landon Blake]

Rob,

Patrick suggested the Buffalo WHR-G54S router which I can get for about
45 bucks. Is that what you meant when you said " As for sharing the DSL
connection, I'd just go get a cheap DSL router from Best Buy - maybe
30-40 bucks." ?

Would the DSL router require "network cards" on both computers? Could
the connection provided by the DSL router also be used for file sharing
and the printer, or is it just for the internet?

Landon



-----Original Message-----
From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
[mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of Rob Johnston
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:15 AM
To: cvale at cvale.org
Cc: Joe Sarinana
Subject: Re: [CVALE] My next big step with Linux...

Landon Blake wrote:
>
> I talked my wife Monique into letting me buy a new computer for my 
> Linux hobby. That's right, no more hand-me-down computers for the 
> penguin! Woohoo!
>
> I've already got my new computer, which came has a dual core AMD 
> 64-bit processor, but Windows Vista 32-bit installed. (Can someone 
> explain the logic in that?)
>
You'd probably have trouble finding 64-bit Windows drivers for all your 
on-board devices and peripherals.
>
> At any rate, I find myself in a dilemma, and I was hoping you guys can

> help me with the solution. The computer I'm running Linux on will now 
> be as good or better than my wife's computer, which runs Microsoft 
> Windows XP. That means I can start to use my Linux computer as my 
> primary computer. However, Monique isn't the most technically gifted 
> person, and I don't think she'll be quite ready to make the jump to 
> Linux. I'd like to find a way to share a printer and DSL internet 
> connection between my two computers. (I already now the printer will 
> work well with Linux, because I checked that out before I made the 
> purchase, hoping this day would come.) :]
>
> I think I can do this by setting up small "network" with the two 
> computers. Is this within the realm of possibility if I'm not an IT 
> professional? Will it be fairly easy to have my computers share the 
> printer and DSL internet connection? Would I be able to use Samba or 
> something similar to share the files on each computer? How hard would 
> that be?
>

Correct, you should be able to use Samba to share files between your 
Linux and Windows boxes. Theoretically you should be able to share the 
printer with Samba, as well, but I've never personally set that up.

The official Samba reference guide is at the URL below, but it's a bit 
thick:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/

This URL looks to be more focused on what you want to do:

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch10_:_W
indows,_Linux,_and_Samba

As for sharing the DSL connection, I'd just go get a cheap DSL router 
from Best Buy - maybe 30-40 bucks.

Hope this helps,

rob



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