Networking Different O/Ss?

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Alan Holbrook

I have four machines all accessing the internet through the same cable
modem/router connection. But they aren't truly "networked", as in set up
to be capable of seeing each other and of sharing file access. Two are XP
Home machines, one is Vista Home Ultimate, and one is Windows 7 Home
Ultimate (and is the only one of the 4 that connects wirelessly). I also
have a couple of NAS boxes on the network.

Since I'm basically the only one who uses the network, I'd like to set
things up so that all 4 machines have full access to each other and to the
NAS boxes. But I haven't been able to figure out how to do it from the
various "Help and Support" programs available. Can anyone recommend some
documentation or tutorial that could help me wade through all this?

To put the cherry on the icing on the cake, there's also a fifth box,
running Ubuntu Linux, that I'd like to hook in there too...

TIA...
 
I have four machines all accessing the internet through the same
cable modem/router connection. But they aren't truly "networked",
as in set up to be capable of seeing each other and of sharing
file access. Two are XP Home machines, one is Vista Home
Ultimate, and one is Windows 7 Home Ultimate (and is the only one
of the 4 that connects wirelessly). I also have a couple of NAS
boxes on the network.

Since I'm basically the only one who uses the network, I'd like to
set things up so that all 4 machines have full access to each
other and to the NAS boxes. But I haven't been able to figure out
how to do it from the various "Help and Support" programs
available. Can anyone recommend some documentation or tutorial
that could help me wade through all this?

To put the cherry on the icing on the cake, there's also a fifth
box, running Ubuntu Linux, that I'd like to hook in there too...

TIA...
Click to expand...

One place to start:
"How to configure file sharing in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040>
It includes a link to file sharing in Vista.

As for the Linux machine, simply do a Google search for
Samba Linux to Windows
Samba is the Linux networking application that interfaces with
Windows Networking.

HTH,
John
 
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