Has anyone got netsharing going between Linux and Windows? I would appreciate info from experienced gurus in this. I am using Mandrake 7.2 and Win95. thanx a mil.

net sharing? you mean network or internet? if network, you need to setup samba server on linux. if internet, use proxy server. if anything else, i dont know.

Thanks for the response. I should have been more specific. Yes, I meant Internet / printer sharing, which I suppose involve both. I put in all the numbers for DNS, host, gateway, etc. but nothing happens. Since there is no help--online or off--from Mandrake, this Net is the only place for finding a way out. Is there any site giving an actual example or sample of a complete setup? thanks again. ben

Mandrake has lots of online docs and tutorials to help you get started. Here is one of their complete howto's on installing SAMBA which will help you with file and printer sharing: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/csamba.html Here is another howto to share your internet connection by using ip masquerading: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cipc.html Mik

I have shared a dialup (on a win machine(winme, and 2000) with a linux box by enabling ICS in windows, and then giving the ip of the win boxes network adapter as the gateway ip on the linux box. Works well for internet connection sharing. Never tried file sharing, and my printer is a sort of winprinter type thing, so that was unsucessful as well.