Network problems

[Colin Law]

On 24 December 2010 04:03, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
> ...
> I think you misunderstand my problem.  If I understand samba correctly,
> it is for connection a windows machine to a Linux machine.  I can't get
> two Linux machines (both running Unbuntu) to communicate.  If I am
> right, samba is not needed but nfs is needed.  After I get the two to
> communicate I will attempt to add my third computer which is a Windows
> machine.  Of course to do that samba will be needed but for the moment
> it should not be needed.

Samba can equally well be used between Linux machines, and in my
experience samba has been easier to setup.  In particular if you will
eventually need samba for the Win machine then just use that for all.

Colin