Networking Help

[Fred Roller]

On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 18:17 -0700, 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 :

To answer your post more directly...

First you seem new, but familiar, to Ubuntu/linux and familar with
networks and windows.  I only wonder so as to know how technical to
address your posts.
> 
>     i) How could I see the contents of one machine on LAN from another
> ubuntu machine, on the same LAN, 
install and use ssh (secure shell)
> 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. 
Still can very similar to M$, as pointed out by Steve, right click and
share the folders you would like to do in this fashion.  Read on Samba
share (google it) and you can see both M$ and linux shares.

> 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.
I prefer ssh'ing on a local network.

> 
> 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.
You can look into several options for setting up a domain with linux.
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Domain.html
This is only one such how to doing a "linux setup domain" search

> 
> 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.
We would need more specific information on your setup to understand this
one. such as

ISP
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DSL modem (is this a router?)
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Ubuntu Machine (modem to one nic? second nic to network?)
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or similar to mine

ISP
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Cable Modem
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Router
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Switch
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PCs

There are a ton of tools and applications which will accomplish what you
want.  First thing to learn is not to think in M$ terms.  You have
options and as one sig says in the forum, "change comes in small steps."
Also, you may want to consider breaking this post down into more
specific steps/posts.
> 
> Kindly help me out. 
> Kamal Kant Gupta  PGT (Comp. Sc.)   Kendriya Vidyalaya
-- 
Fred R.
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"Life is like Linux - simple; if you are fighting it, you are doing
something wrong."