Networking documentation?

[Jim Byrnes]

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