I have a standard FTTH router which came with my net connection, i.e. whatever my ISP has given me, it's not bought. If TWO laptops are connected to it OVER WIFI, can they share files between em, assuming a pretty out-of-the-box Linux installation? What
about sharing a printer, ie. if ONE laptop has one there, you can print from the other one? What do I need, this "SMB" thing, or NFS or what??
I'm vaguely curious as to whether this can be done with out-the-box WINDOZE as well, but not really :)


Thanks.

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On 7/19/20 10:32 PM, gro...@cyberdude.com wrote:

I have a standard FTTH router which came with my net connection,
i.e. whatever my ISP has given me, it's not bought. If TWO laptops
are connected to it OVER WIFI, can they share files between em,
assuming a pretty out-of-the-box Linux installation?

You should be able to.

What about sharing a printer, ie. if ONE laptop has one there,
you can print from the other one? What do I need, this "SMB" thing,
or NFS or what??

I would think that LPD or CUPS would be sufficient to allow printing
across the network.

I'm vaguely curious as to whether this can be done with out-the-box
WINDOZE as well, but not really :)

Yes, this should be relatively trivial to do on Windows as Windows has installed the necessary software by default for about 20 years.

Thanks.

You're welcome.



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