Samba or SMBFS?

[matthey]

@carvedeye
I believe SAMBA is a file sharing server and SMBFS allows access to an existing SMB server. I use SMBFS as it's all that I need. My XP laptop had SMB running by default and all I had to do was use SMBFS to access the network sharing part of the XP hard drive. Later versions of Windows will probably require more to enable file sharing. There is a SAMBA FAQ here...

http://www.birrabrothers.com/tiger/data/samba/

The newest version of SMBFS is 1.74 and not on Aminet but fixes some important bugs. It's here...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/amiga-smbfs/files/amiga-smbfs/

That should be enough docs to read for awhile .

[matthey]

Ah.. i see what you mean so i would install samba on my pc and smbfs on my amiga?

A SMB file sharing server is installed by default on Windows machines with at least XP forward. You use SMBFS on the Amiga to access this server. I use a router which connects both machines with ethernet. I set the "PC" to use a static IP address which SMBFS needs to know and it's easier if it's constant.