[ltp] Home network & Printing

[linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com]

1. to connect Linux and Windows, you can configure your linux machine with samba
2. when you configured samba, you can share the windows printer (setup as
networked printer) with linux.  Check out smbprint under linux documentation.
3. to share dialup connection in windows machines.  You can use www.artisoft.com
iShare (tm).  Or check out a microsoft's RAS utility that allows you to do
similar things as ip masquerading.  Can't remember what it is currently called,
but it's also known as SteelHead.  However, this only runs on NT.  It's easier,
however, to use ip masquerade in linux.





Geert Janssen <geert@watson.ibm.com> on 09/15/99 05:37:52 PM

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Has anybody been in this situation:

- running a local (NetGear 10baseT) Ethernet at home
- connecting both Linux and Windows machines
- wanting to share a (cheap) HP printer

Of course I can buy an HP Ethernet server module that connects the printer to
the Ethernet for $145. But I like to be cheap for once. I do also have a
FreeBSD box that could be used as a server.

1. Anybody out there have any suggestions on how to set things up?

Also,

2. How about sharing a dialup connection?
   I know about IP Masquerading, and will use that eventually.
   For now, I must use Windows95 to dial-up on my TP 770Z. How can I
   let another Windows machine share the internet connection via my
   local Ethernet?

Geert