<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi All, I've been running a little peer to peer (workgroup) network in our home office with 2 Karmic notebooks and a Windows PC using Samba. The Windows PC was convenient/necessary due to our Epson printer (only later found the Ubuntu Epson cartridge feedback info app) and our NeoTel Internet connection. However, we are shortly going to be changing to ADSL, and as intimated above, I've found an app that should tell us which cartridge is empty, rather than just not printing when one is. This means that we can get rid of the Windows PC. My question is this - Is it worth setting up the LAN (we will add another Karmic PC) (part wireless, part wired) without Samba. If so, what are the other options? Preferably simple ones. Please be step by step and don't assume much knowledge on my part. I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Robin </BODY> </HTML>