Hi, can someone tell me how to connect to a LAN remotely from a pc using Windows, DOS, Linux, MacOS or QNX4 RTR and share stuff such as files?

how about an FTP server/client?

Well, I was thinking some program similar to "network neighborhood" and would require any kind of setup. For example, I would enter the ip address of my network and browser around the network. What I'm looking for is like a remote "network neighborhood" or something like that, and would also work for a variety of operating systems not just windows but mac and linux also.

Maybe im asking for much but it would help me out a lot if someone here could give me what I need, thanks people!

Samba sounds right up your alley. It's the Unix-ish implementation of the SMB (server message block) protocal. Basically it allows Linux to participate in file shares on Windows machines -- so you basically mount a windows share as a filesystem in Linux. Likewise, it allows you to share Linux partitions (or portions thereof) with Windows. Better still, it's probably already included in the version of Linux you're using. For more info, see the Samba howto at:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html

Or go to the Samba project homepage, www.samba.org.

It depend on your budget and wan setup!! basic option is to use ftp. MS-Office products are running transparently with ftp.

But if you have medium or high bandwidth you can use samba/linux as file server efficiently. Using tunneling may help.

Ok, sorry guys but you misunderstood me.
I'll tell you what I wanna do.
There is a computer network in the college im in, almost every pc there is a mac. Sometimes I leave some notes and other stuff I need in the mac I use in the class. When I'm not using the mac to do anything related to school I start to look around. I go to network browser, it shows me some a list (I think are servers). When I double click one of that list I get a list of computers in the network, when I double click on a computer I get a little box asking me for a password. Since I know the password for my computer I wanted to know how can I do what I did in the mac with the network broswer but from home, get the list of computers in the network and enter the password. And if there is software out there that will do this, can I do what I wanna do in the mac network but in a network that consists maybe of windows or linux?
also, I cant install any software on those macs cuz the tech guy that takes care of those macs is a real harda$$.

Thanks

There are ways you could do that. But it's not very safe to open up your network to the world. So you can be pretty sure that's it's closed off, and if you say your administrator is a harda$$ then I don't think he's gonna give you access.

Mik

From the TECH aspect, I used to work for
a college so I can see why your tech is
a 'harda$$'. Even now I am one too with
my current company.

If you are connecting within the network
you may be in luck and have the access
already (ie a dorm room.) Otherwise
you will need to let them know what you
would like to do, he'll probably say
'print it out before you go'.

Network security is always a issue anywhere
you go so don't feel bad when ya ask
and they say flat out no.

I know from expirence that people constantly
try to hack into systems on a constant basis
so we had a guy that did nothing but look
at logs to see who is connecting from outside
their IP range (class B enviroment, alot
of freakin IPs).

If you know the IP (assuming it is not a
192 IP and a real ip and you can ping from
home) Then you may be in luck and be able to
access it without telling or asking anything
from anyone. Be carefull doing this, we sent
the police to someone's house to find out
it was a student who connected to 'their'
lab computer to 'learn' more. He was only
suspened for the semester forfieting any
credit that might have been earned and
cost of the semester. So be carefull these are "government" protected places. It would be about the same as breaking into your school with a brick.

I would suggest that you just copy your data to disk or if you have a high speed internet at home setup a ftp server so from school you can upload your work to home when your done with it.