Thanks Alan. The laptop and Pi both connected without any problems - possibly because they are within a few feet of the router 😊. I'll investigate the link.

John

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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 30 June 2020 12:15 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: Networking Linux and Windows

over WiFi which works most of the time

This is why people don't run networks over Wifi.

At the start of lockdown I bought a Raspberry Pi which inspired me to install Ubuntu on a redundant laptop to learn Linux. Is there a simple way to include these in the network?

Well, first of all did you get the laptop onto your Wifi? In my experience Linux can be difficult to get working with older laptop hardware.

If you did then https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide

Hi Ted

Many thanks for your help. I bought an electronics kit with the Pi to play with. My son has a classic car, an old Jaguar, which he cossets. When he heard what I was doing he set me the task of producing something he could run on a Pi Zero to control the humidity in his garage. I had to learn Python to do it which made me appreciate FoxPro - Python can be a very strange beast at times 😊 I've got that part working - at least, it does when he puts the right version of Python on his Zero! I'm now working on getting the output data into a SQLite database to drive an analysis program and produce graphical output to go on his web server, a Pi 1. Great fun but frustrating at times. His next project is to attach an infra-red camera which he has bought for £9 - if it works I think I will get one. This project has lead me down so many new and fascinating alleys that I am spoilt for choice, there aren't enough hours in the day!

Regards

John

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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: 30 June 2020 14:39 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: Networking Linux and Windows

Hi, John:

Raspberry Pies are a great project to work on over lockdowns! I've got two RaspPis, a Linux server, a Linux laptop (my main machine), 4 windows machines, a wired laser printer, a wired inkjet printer and two Android phones sharing the wifi and wired network. One RaspPi serves as the local DNS, VPN node and file server (with an external USB 1 Tb drive) and PiHole DNS (blocking ads, spam and malware). The second RaspPi is breadboarded-up for programming experiments: mostly blinking LEDs so far.

Linux machines can share files with a Windows network by running the Samba server (https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/samba-file-server and https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/samba.md) and can consume files that are shared on the Windows network or printers that are accessible through a network interface (highly recommended!) or a Windows share.

The best way to start working with a RaspPi is with a keyboard, mouse and screen attached, but once you start to get a hang of "The Linux Way," it can be run and administered remotely via ssh (PuTTY or the equivalent on Windows) and/or VNC to access the desktop interface. And/or you cy.an set up a web server on the RaspPi and interact with it that way.

So, there's many ways to get connected. Let me know what you are considering and I'll try to point you towards resources.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:16 AM John Weller john@johnweller.co.uk wrote:

I have a small home peer-to-peer network of 3 PCs running Win 10 over WiFi which works most of the time but seems to prefer it when the wind is from the East and there is an ‘R’ in the month 😊. At the start of lockdown I bought a Raspberry Pi which inspired me to install Ubuntu on a redundant laptop to learn Linux. Is there a simple way to include these in the network?

Thanks

John

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