File Sharing with Windows and Linux OS

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File Sharing with Windows and Linux OS

• Scott Cain
• Computer Electronics Major, AS CET
• EET 399 Capstone Project Spring 2007

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Outline

• Motivation
• Proposed Solution
• Problems Encountered
• Background Information
• Troubleshooting
• Conclusion

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Motivation

• Why Linux and Windows?
• Can they communicate to one another?
• Was this type of setup easy to implement?
• Was this interesting for me to do?

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Proposed Solutions

• Can Windows and Linux OS really communicate with
  one another?
• What must be done in order to communicate?
• Will there be any difficulty in attempting to get
  these to communicate with each other?

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Problems Encountered

• Why wont Windows detect the Linux OS client, but
  instead detect the Linux OS server?
• Why will Linux OS detect the Windows client and
  view its shares and not vice versa?
• Was this difficult to attempt to accomplish?

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Background Information

• What type of Linux OS was used?
• What types of software applications can be ran on
  this OS?
• Can Linux and Windows even communicate?
• What is Fedora Core 5?
• What Windows OS was used and why?

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Troubleshooting

• What things was encountered and what was needed
  to be done in order to fix the errors or
  problems?
• Was the troubleshooting successful or not?
• Was any trouble shooting needed at all?

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Screen Shots

• Linux computer viewing available connections on
  the network.

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Screen Shots Continued

• Linux computer connected to Windows computer

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Screen Shots Continued

• Linux computer accessing Windows shared folder.

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Screen Shots Continued

• Access of Windows shared file.

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Conclusion

• How did this project turn out?
• Was this project very significant to my career in
  computers?
• What did I learn overall from this project?
• Would I improve and further study on this subject?

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Thank You

• Thanks for your time in listening to what I had
  to say about my project that gave me a lot of
  headaches and troubles.
• Questions?
• Contact info scoot_sosa_at_hotmail.com