RedHat on network

[mosh adetoro]

Thank you kirk.
I successfully pinged my workstation and the others
using their IP addresses but i couldn't ping them by
name. Truth is i donot know how to use or install the
SAMBA client.
Thank you.
Mosh. (daft red hat user)
--- Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net> wrote:
> Without more detail, there we can't give much
> detail. But I would start
> with checking TCP/IP connectivity. 
> 
> Can you ping another workstation on the same subnet
> (use the ip address)? 
> 
> Can you ping your own workstation?
> 
> If both of the above work, try pinging by name.
> 
> There are probably four settings all of which have
> to be correct to
> operate in a typical NT environment. The IP address,
> the subnet mask, the
> WINS servers, and the DNS servers.
> 
> If you can ping other stations fine, but not access
> files, the next place
> to look is the SAMBA client. But start with the most
> basic first. If you
> can't ping, you are not connected correctly.
> 
> -- 
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> ------------------
> 
> Seek simplicity -- and distrust it.
> 		Alfred North Whitehead
> 
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