[Wiltshire] Probable noob question

[Simon Fryer]

G'Day,

On 11/03/2008, Andy Watts <g7mjv at btinternet.com> wrote:

> l'm trying to get this machine to talk to my wife's win 2k machine. l've
> enabled printer sharing on her machine and we're connected to the net
> via the same hard wired router..
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction please

A couple of questions.

1) What are you trying to achieve by having both computers talk to each other?
2) The first step in diagnosing the problem, can the two computers
ping each other? I don't know your level of experience with Linux so
if you need help with ping, please let us know.

Good luck.

Simon

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