Old Windows hand: Help Ubuntu play nice with a Windows network
- TAGS:Linux, networking, Ubuntu, Windows
- IT TOPICS:Applications, Linux & Unix, Networking, Open Source, Operating Systems, Windows
I'm a long-time Windows user interested in Linux and I've finally gotten Ubuntu installed on my Thinkpad T41. I'm impressed. But I've got network problems. I can't connect from my Ubuntu machine to my Windows PCs to browse their folders and share files. My Windows PCs don't see the Ubuntu PC. And I can't get Ubuntu to print to my networked Lexmark E120 printer. Can anyone help?
I can see some, but not all of my networked Windows machines from Ubuntu's file browser. Some simply don't show up. And when I browse to the ones that do show up, I can only browse to what Ubuntu seems to call Windows shares on them --- and they're all blank.
I've set up all of my PCs so that I can browse from one Windows machine to another. But Ubuntu won't do it.
On my Windows machines, I simply don't see the Ubuntu machine. Even Windows Vista's Network Map doesn't show the machine.
Finally, although I can see my networked Lexmark E120 printer from Ubuntu, I can't print to it. And for some odd reason, Ubuntu shows that the printer is connected to a PC, even though it's directly connected to my router.
Are there any Linux gurus out there who can help? If so, give me your advice, below.
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