File and Print Server for Win network?

Forum: Networking
Topic: File and Print Server for Win network?
started by: RoGuE_StreaK

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on July 06 2004,04:18

Long time no post... (moved house, dead machine, rebuilt machine, crashing machine...)

Anyhoo, am trying to find out what is needed to set up a HD installed DSL to serve a Window$ network with files and print. Have a Win98 machine set up, but want to DSL it so I don't need to fix the bloody thing every time it crashes...

The office network is various Win versions going through a firewall/router (hardware), with said W98 box hanging off one port and acting as a print server (have problems with the print server built into the hardware router). So, to set the printer on the office machines you find the printer on \\ServerNew, and shared files are at, say, \\ServerNew\OfficeFiles

What do I need to install / set up to allow Win machines to access files and printer on a DSL machine, in roughly the same way they would access it if it were a Win machine? I've tried searching the forum, but couldn't find anything off hand (though I think I vaguely recall something about a setup somewhere...)

Thanks
a clearly incoherent Rogue ; )

Posted by cbagger01 on July 06 2004,05:00

Try downloading and installing the samba.dsl package

It is located in the myDSL repository.

It should work with DSL version 0.7 or newer.

I am not able to help you with SAMBA configuration, but a Google search with "samba help" or "samba howto" might give you some help.

Good Luck.

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on July 06 2004,05:05

So Samba is all that's required? Haven't gotten around to trying out Samba yet, so I have no real idea what it does.

PS. The printer's a HP LaserJet 5N, if that makes any difference

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on July 06 2004,05:15

OK, searched for "samba howto" on google, found:
< http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html >

Hopefully looks like setting up should be fairly straightforward. Guess I just need to find out about setting up a printer etc...

Thanks for the heads-up

Posted by LouFogle on Dec. 23 2004,12:30

the HOW-TO is at < Samba How-Tos >

Posted by Alisdair Kelly on Dec. 25 2004,03:02

One of the best how to guides is Samba by Example. It could use some polishing, but it gives you step-by-step illustrations on setting things up from the very simple to the highly complex.