Newbie question - first time with linux (Mandrake 8).  

I need to connect my Linux Mandrake 8 box with Win2k laptop so that
both machines can ping each other successfully - however, I need the
W2k machine to be the DCHP server. does anyone have links to a
"Dummies" guide to accomplish the above?  If so, please help!

(PS: I am not interested in file sharing yet e.g. samba(?) - or is
this necessary for the above request?)

Regards

AK

I found that using "dhclient" from www.isc.org worked better than the
DHCP clients included with many Linux distros.

AIUI you need W2K Server to be a DHCP server. I may be wrong. W2K is not
a speciality of mine:)

If you're just connecting 2 machines, is DHCP actually needed? I've
stopped bothering with it for 10 machines, but it comes into its own
when there are hundreds.

No. Samba provides file sharing as you say, it has no role in basic
networking.

Regards, Ian

Hi!,

You might like to take a look at the URL:
                http://www.dalantech.com/win2k-dhcp.shtml

No you don't need SAMBA to establish DHCP communications, however you will
need SAMBA to allow files to be transfered between the various hosts at a
later date.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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