[LUNI] Network question

[James Velguth]

by see I mean I can access and update the files on the windows machine 
from the Ubuntu machine

Hef wrote:

>by "see" do you mean ping, smb name recognition or something else??
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>On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:06 AM, James Velguth <Penguin at waxmoustache.com> wrote:
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>>Got a Ubuntu / other linux network question.
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>>My desktop and laptop are networked with a linksys router, hard wired.
>>My desktop has docking hard drives so I can play with operating systems.
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>>When the notebook is booted Ubuntu 8.10 and the desktop is booted to
>>windows the Ubuntu can connect to the windows fine.  Both can see the
>>internet fine.  I don't expect the windows to connect to the Ubuntu (and
>>couldn't care less)
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>>When I put the debian or suse drive in the desktop neither can see the
>>other, where of course, I expect each to see the other.  Both can see
>>the internet fine.
>>
>>If anybody knows a simple answer for this please let me know.  Otherwise
>>I see this a rather borad question so can anybody tell me where to start?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
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