Networking documentation?
Jim Byrnes
jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Wed Dec 16 21:49:06 UTC 2009
Ray Leventhal wrote:
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I have been running Ubuntu 9.10 for about 10 days now and pretty much
>> have things working well. The only problem I have is networking. Many
>> times when I boot up Ubuntu other machines on my network cannot find
>> Ubuntu. The only solution I have found is to keep booting Ubuntu until
>> the other machines can see it.
>>
>> I was wondering if the documentation always gets updated to reflect what
>> is in the new releases? In trying to find a solution I looked in the
>> Desktop User Guide (section 8.3.1.1). It described a Network Settings
>> main window that had 4 tabbed sections, Connections - General - DNS &
>> Hosts. I've looked at everything in the menus related to networking I
>> could find but don't see what is mentioned in the guide.
>>
>> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks, Jim
>>
>>
> Hi Jim and welcome to the Ubuntu family!
>
> When you say other computers on your network can't 'find Ubuntu', please
> clairfy. Are you trying to share data with other computers on the
> network? What operating systems are there on your network.
>
> Often on lists such as this, describing the end-goal can quickly provide
> answers....and I'm sure we'll figure yours out.
>
> HTH,
> -Ray
>
At this time the other os is OS/2 and yes I want to share files between
the two os's. About half the time I boot the computers up in the
morning OS/2 displays an error message saying the network path is
invlaid, despite the fact that the path is correct because it is saved
on the OS/2 machine and was working fine when shutdown.
When this happens I look with the file browser on Ubuntu and I see only
one network, a Windows network. If I reboot, sometimes once is all it
takes or sometimes multiple times, eventually another network is
displayed with the name of my Ubuntu machine. At this time OS/2 will
connect and can see files on the Ubuntu machine. As a side, the Unbuntu
machine can always connect to the OS/2 machine.
This is the problem I was trying to solve when I got lost in the
documentation.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks, Jim
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