<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">On 13/07/07, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Please consider me as a complete dummy on networking/samba setup. I have an > Ubuntu Feisty computer and a WinXP computer > Ubuntu can see the shares on the WXP but WXP is not > aware that Ubuntu exists; can't map network drives from WXP and can't access > shares from Ubuntu. Have tried Samba setup several times over the years but > never successful. My main question is server/client related: > What should be the server(from Ubuntu operability viewpoint), Samba or > Client for Microsoft Networks? > I understand, right or wrongly, that one must be the server; the other the > client...??? Wrongly - that might be the basis of some of your issues. The server provides files - the client uses them. So, when you look at your WinXP files from your Ubuntu box, the Ubuntu box is a client, and Windows is the server. If you want to do that in reverse as well, then Ubuntu will be the server and Windows the client. Here's the last piece - there's no reason they can't both be clients and servers at the same time. But how; remember I'm a network idiod same for samba? Thanks a bunch for this clarification; something less for me to worry about. But, I'm still wondering why there is a configuration setup item for "Client of MS Networking" for server, client and tcp/ip. Do I need to setup each separately and individuall, one at a time? I probably less about WXP setup than I do for Ubuntu. If you want to see your Ubuntu box from Windows, set up samba-server on the Ubuntu box. I've done this several times always as a server. I must be missing something else. Don't worry about your Windows box - from what you are saying it's fine - leave it alone. If you can answer the above question about having to or not setup the windows client as server, client or tcp/ip then I will do accordingly. I need the clarification so I quit wasting time on things I shouldn't. Thanks for any further clarification. </lenc5570@sbcglobal.net></blockquote> Leonard Chatagnier lenc5570@sbcglobal.net