# n00b RH8/W98 p2p networking question(s)...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447 "2002-11-05T22:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447/1 "2002-11-05T22:39:04Z")

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Hi.

I just installed Redhat 8.0 on my notebook, dual-booting with ME.

I’m trying to figure out how to go about setting up a simple peer-to-peer LAN so that I can file/printer share with my girlfriend’s desktop, which is running 98SE. The printer is attached to her machine.

In windows, I just had to configure the workgroup and box names via Network Neighborhood. We’re not sharing an internet connection, and since I was never able to get TCP/IP to work quite right, I just used NetBEUI.

So can I still do the same thing from Linux? Or is it insanely more complex?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447/2 "2002-11-06T06:09:59Z")

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Maximum bumpage.

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**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447/3 "2002-11-06T09:09:28Z")

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not really complex, but you kind of need to have tcp/ip working. After that, you edit /etc/samba/smb.conf (it’s a plain text file and well commented) to include your network settings.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447/4 "2002-11-06T14:29:20Z")

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Uh, that was actually me, not JD.

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**Author:** ![tourbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tourbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tourbot)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n00b-rh8-w98-p2p-networking-question-s/135447/5 "2002-11-06T16:24:52Z")

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If you installed SAMBA server during the redhat install, then you can configure it by pointing your web browser to http:\localhost:901. If not, you will need to install SAMBA from the RPM’s. If you have ever set up a peer to peer Windows LAN, you shouldn’t have much trouble.

In my experience, printing from a windows PC to a linux box using SAMBA is a piece of cake. Printing from a linux box to a windows machine is a bit more advanced. (That is to say, I haven’t succeeded in doing it yet, but it is my project for this weekend.)