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Sharing your Internet Connection with Other PCs and Phones
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP 430 notebook and this has a single wired internet connection and I would like to share this with a LG Optimus One with Android 2.3.3. I followed these instructions and ...
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3answers
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Share Wireless connection with Wired Ethernet Port
That's pretty much it. If I connect to the Internet on wlan0, how can I share this connection with a device plugged into my wired Ethernet port eth0?
12
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3answers
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How can I enable the “Share Desktop” feature in Empathy?
What steps do I need to follow if I want to use the Share Desktop feature with another user in Empathy?
I've already enabled the Remote Desktop option through System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop ...
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3answers
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How do I share a folder with another Linux machine on the same home network?
I'm trying to share a folder on one Ubuntu machine with another Ubuntu machine on the same home network. When I right click on the folder and choose Sharing Options, it tells me I need to install ...
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4answers
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Cannot make Wi-Fi hotspot
I want to make my laptop as wi-fi hotspot. To do so, I pressed button Settings->Network->Wireless->Use as Hotspot..
Then it creates a wireless network connection 'Hostspot' and connects. But it gets ...
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1answer
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Correct way of mounting a Windows share
I mounted a Windows share to my Ubuntu 11.10 system via adding the following line to the /etc/fstab:
//serveraddr/sharedfolder /mnt/foldername/ smbfs credentials=/home/myname/.smbpasswd 0 0
using ...
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2answers
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Setting up DAAP in Banshee
Ok, so I can see and listen to music libraries from other computers on my network via Banshee (They are running Rhythmbox with DAAP enabled) but I cannot see my Banshee library from them.
I have ...
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10answers
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How to share a wired Internet connection with an Android phone?
I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded?
Operating systems that I use are as ...
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1answer
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How do I set up printer sharing with a Windows 7 machine in Ubuntu?
I have a Brother HL-2040 plugged into my Ubuntu 10.04 machine and an HP DeskJet 6540 plugged into a Windows 7 machine on the same network. Out of the box the Windows machine does not see the ...
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2answers
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How to share an Internet connection over Bluetooth from the PC to the Phone [duplicate]
How to share an internet connection from the PC to a Mobile Device (eg: Nokia Phones). I don't have 3G or Wifi enabled on my old nokia phones, only Bluetooth.
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3answers
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What is needed for a networked home printer?
I've seen this question: Home network printer recommendations but I think I'm asking something more basic. I'm not really familiar with networked printers or how they work or what they do really. What ...
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7answers
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What are my options for sharing music between Windows & Ubuntu on the same network?
We have a few Windows(XP & 7) and Ubuntu machines in the house sharing a wireless connection, and want to share music between them. If possible, I would like to be able to serve music from both ...
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3answers
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How do I share a folder with a friend with Ubuntu One?
How do I share a folder with a friend with Ubuntu One?
7
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1answer
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NTFS file-system sharing control
I have a NTFS partition, and I want to share a folder, but I want to manage the access of the subfolders, for example this folder contains 20 subfolders, the desktop users have access to only 10 ...
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2answers
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1answer
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Bypass low-graphics mode 12.10 when no monitor connected
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and have set it to auto login, and have set up permissions to allow remote connections via VNC (using the default 'Desktop Sharing' application offered by Ubuntu).
...
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7answers
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How do i share my files from windows 7 to Ubuntu?
I just Downloaded Ubuntu to my laptop and I noticed that my files like music and pictures aren't here. How can I get them from my Windows 7 part of my computer to the Ubuntu part? Please make it ...
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2answers
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Sharing Connection to other PCs (Via Wired Ethernet) [duplicate]
I have two desktop PCs I use frequently, both running Ubuntu 12.04. One is connected to the internet via wireless, and the other has no wireless card. Is there any way I can share my internet ...
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3answers
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Sharing files in LAN through Samba or SSH
I searched through many forums and I am able to share files between two Ubuntu machine and Windows machine but I have these problems which I can't solve.
any help will be thankful
When I share files ...
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3answers
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How to share my WiFi Internet via WiFi?
I am connecting to a WiFi network through my laptop in Ubuntu. Now I need to share my Internet connection with my wife's netbook because her netbook is not able to connect to that WiFi network ...
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3answers
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How can I share files over a Windows network?
I have a media computer which I recently reformatted to Ubuntu 10.04. I am probably just missing something obvious but I can't figure out how to share folders and files, so that I can browse to them ...
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3answers
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Cannot mount a CIFS network share over VPN
I have setup u VPN connection to our Windows 2008 server at the office and it seems to work fine.
For some reason, however, I still am not able to access the network shares over a VPN connection ...
6
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1answer
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How can I setup an NFS share using a GUI?
Is there a GUI for selecting which folders are shared via NFS?
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3answers
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How do I create a shared folder/remotely control a printer between two Ubuntu machines?
I have an upstairs and downstairs computer; I'd love to know how to create a shared folder between the two (through a wireless network)
I'd also love to know if there is any way to get my upstairs ...
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5answers
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How to mount FreeNAS network share persistently
I have a FreeNAS server in the house on which we keep our media. I would like to be able to automount this share in a persistent location when the machine is turned on so that the music players can ...
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2answers
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Connecting to other LAN computers using their names
I have a LAN at home with my desktop and my laptop. IP addresses are allocated dynamically to both, so the IP number keep changing.
I try to connect from one to the other using places->Server, and in ...
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2answers
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Is there any way to turn my laptop into a wireless access point for other devices? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to set up ubuntu as wireless accesspoint?
Is there an easy, simple way to setup a wireless network so my laptop (which is connected by a wired connection) can share ...
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3answers
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What protocols support screen sharing on Empathy?
I am trying to follow the directions here but so far have not found a working protocol so I was wondering if anyone knew of a working protocol that works?
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2answers
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How to access second disk locally and over LAN
I have just added a second 1TB HD to my Ubuntu box and I can see it listed when I run blkid. But how do I
reference it so I can use it as local storage
share it on my LAN
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2answers
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Connecting to Windows7 share gives mount error
Hi I am having trouble with Ubuntu 11.10 to the workgroup containing windows computers.
I am getting this message when I click on the workgroup I want to access from the Ubuntu Network interface:
...
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3answers
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Firewall Settings for Personal File Sharing
I have ufw set up to allow samba connections, but this does not seem to allow files to be transferred through Ubuntu's "Personal File Sharing" using the Public folder. The share can be seen, but not ...
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3answers
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share folders between two Ubuntu 12.04 machines
I have two machines (1 laptop, 1 desktop) on same network connected to a router both have Ubuntu 12.04.
I need to share my e.g. "movies drive" from Desktop computer so that i can watch those on laptop ...
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2answers
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How to share files and folders on a forum so that anyone can download without having an Ubuntu One account?
I just began to discover Ubuntu One. I upload a video on my account, and put it in a folder.
I would like to know whether it is possible to share this folder or this file simply by giving the url in ...
4
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1answer
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How to share notes in Ubuntu one?
Is it possible to share notes over Ubuntu One with a public link like in Google Docs? I found a solution here but it does not work anymore. Is there a solution?
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How do I share a folder on a NTFS partition over the network?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, and I want to share a folder on an automounted NTFS partition (/dev/sda4) over the network. The purpose of this network is to share files between computers, it contains mostly ...
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2answers
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How to mount Mac OS X Lion fileshare?
How can I mount OS X 10.7 Lion shares on my Ubuntu box (10.10, 11.4)?
Since OS X 10.7 Lion update, network integration with Ubuntu is a nightmare. Previously we could print on OSX printers and mount ...
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2answers
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LAN visibility and network sharing
I have two Ubuntu machines with wifi network cards configured as DHCP interfaces.
machine1:
inet addr:192.168.168.105 Bcast:192.168.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.168.252
machine2:
...
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1answer
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Windows Ubuntu dual boot - Share files between OS
Well I have a netbook, so I can't play games on windows either, no problem. But I'm getting a new desktop PC with better hadware and it will be able to run the most popular games and I want to have ...
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9answers
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12.10 cifs shares not mounting after modifying /etc/fstab
From Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 i've been able to mount my nas shares by first making directories in the /media folder, then :
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
to include the following line for each share I want ...
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2answers
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What is a CUPS server and how to share a printer over a network
The title tells you all except that it's about sharing printers. How do I connect to a shared printer on the network through CUPS or terminal?
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3answers
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Multiparty video conferencing between Linux/Windows?
I have a group of friends that we are often physically separate, but we like to play old school table top RPG's. A video conferencing solution seems ideal for this.
What we need is cross platform, ...
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2answers
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Two users sharing the same computer
I need to share my pc with a friend of mine living in India.
His pc is a p4 and he needs a bit of horsepower for calculation.
Since I have an i5 I thought to let him vnc and use it but this would ...
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1answer
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How more than one engineers can code on a single machine
We have ubuntu 12.4 (Desktop Version) running on our server and four engineers (2 using windows and 2 using ubuntu).
Is it possible for all of them to code on the same package on the server directly ...
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4answers
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Windows computers can only print test pages to shared Ubuntu printer
I have an HP printer connected to my Ubuntu 11.10 machine. I have 2 other Windows computers (Win7/Vista). Both of these Windows computers can view, install, and print a test page to the shared Ubuntu ...
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2answers
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Share folder with mac guest on a linux ubuntu host
I am trying to share a folder on virtualbox with a guest mac, I tried to share the folder through virtualbox but it doesn't show up in mac, Also I tried sharing a folder on mac and access it from ...
3
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1answer
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How do I share my wireless connection via a wired cable?
Im trying to share the wireless from my netbook eeepc to my desktop computer that does not have any wifi, it can run internet through a cable connected to my internet router but im wondering if there ...
3
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1answer
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How to share internet access between Ubuntu and Windows guests OS in VirtualBox?
Using VirtualBox.
There's two Virtual Machines, Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7.
On Ubuntu:
There's two ethernet interfaces.
Bridge interface (eth0) who can access the internet. ping www.google.com ...
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2answers
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How do I share my Ubuntu's Internet connection with a LAN (via hardware router)
I know this sort of question has been asked many times, and I've thus tried many ways to get it working, but I think my setup is a bit different from what I've seen others trying. I've got an Ubuntu ...
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2answers
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How to create a shared folder using command line on a server
After following the tutorial here I ran into a problem. Here is what I did.
On my server I installed nfs-kernel-server and edited the /etc/exports file to include the folder I want to share:
...
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How to share an USB device(scanner) over network (from Windows to Ubuntu)?
I have a special thing: I want to share my scanner over the network. The scanner is connected to a Windows 7 machine, but I want to use it from Ubuntu 10.04...
I found some methods:
USB over ...
