[Klug-general] Baffled by Kubuntu networking

[Mike Rentell]

Most of the Linux world, certainly the magazine I read, seems besotted 
with Ubuntu - presumably for good reasons. So I am trying it out with 
varying degrees of success. Being hooked on KDE (I really don't get on 
with Gnome) I have duly loaded up Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Printers 
were found OK as was my cable (Virgin) modem via my wired router and so 
Thunderbird and Firefox function exactly as required.

Everything that I want is now available and works fine, except 
networking which leaves me baffled.

My very small network is:

192.168.2.1 - router plugged into cable modem
192.168.2.2 - kubuntu pc
192.168.2.3 - old pc for backup (happily running PCLinuxOS)

The old PC (3) is configured with NFS which my previous setup (Mandriva 
or PCinuxOS) simply found with the graphical 'find NFS shares' tool 
which then mounted the shared drive and file to the 'backups' file on 
the main machine (2).

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this in Kubuntu.

Also, I have got VirtualBox running again because I have to use Windows 
for an accounting program. That happily sees the Shared Folder under 
Kubuntu. But it won't see the printers. Previously I've set up the 
Windows printers as http://192.168.2.2:631/printers/PRINTERNAME and for 
both printers that worked once I had enabled SMB Shares on the Linux pc.

I cannot for the life of me figure how to do this in Kubuntu either.

It must be available but not for bears of little brain. I would 
appreciate it very much if someone with a clear understanding of what 
needs to be done on these two networking problems would advise me.

Please understand that I need to be led by the hand through Kubuntu. 
Short sharp words like 'Just grummit oogle.conf' ain't gonna work -sorry.

Anyone wanna volunteer?  I will try. There must be a reason for this 
Ubuntu mania.
MikeR