Networking Help

[Steve Reilly]

CIRCLE STUDY wrote:
> I am a Post graduate teacher wants to set my school LAN with Ubuntu so that i could give a common secured platform. For this I have loaded ubuntu desktop version in two of my machines in LAN, I have set up their IP suitably, they started pinging each other. Now the main problem is :
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>     i) How could I see the contents of one machine on LAN from another    ubuntu machine, on the same LAN, it was very much easier in case of XP , that one used to go to MyNetwork and was able to see all the machines in the LAN , and further he can roam the shared drives of other machine. But how should I do all that in Ubuntu. I am unable to find the documents of one machine from another machine, though they are Pinging.

right click the folder/directory you want, >properties> share.

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> ii) Is it compulsory to have a Domain setting for Ubuntu LAN configuration , isn't their any substitute for WORKGROUP Concepts of Windows over here.
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> iii) How to share internet between two or more Ubuntu Machine on LAN. I have a dsl-modem configuration on one of the Ubuntu Desktop on my LAN.

not sure what your asking here.  if all are connected to the router, and
can see each other, they should already be able to access the net.


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> Kindly help me out. 
> Kamal Kant Gupta  PGT (Comp. Sc.)   Kendriya Vidyalaya
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