15/05/2008 by mtn.

(OSD using the new Arizona software platform)
Both the Synology DS207+ and the Neuros OSD use open source software.

From the OSD’s main menu Play.Browse>Network Shares>Map Network Share Manually>

Connection Type = Windows
Server Address = [DS207+ LAN IP address], example: 192.168.2.20
Share Location = [folder name], example: share-ds207
Share Name = [folder name], example: share-ds207

Accept

Input user details (check user privileges using the DS207+ admin pages)

Done

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15/11/2007 by mtn.

Straight forward and clear tutorial for getting files sharing between Ubuntu and Windows machines using Samba: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605&highlight=network+sharing

I used this with Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 and and Vista, and it worked great.

[Edit] Another good tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad17kma8rNM

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07/09/2007 by mtn.

Finally got 2 Ubuntu machines sharing a printer over a wireless network using this tutorial: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/Setting_Up_a_Network_Printer_using_CUPS

I had to stop the firewall on the server, using Firestarter, while setting the printer up. I also had to creae a new policy to always allow access to the print server (Ubuntu machine) 0n port 631 from the client machine’s IP address.

Once the Ubuntu machine was setup as a server for the printer it took about 5mins to get an Windows XP machine sharing the printer, over the same home network, using this how to: http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html. The only bits I actually had to use are posted below.

( Note: my network printer address - http://192.168.2.4:631/printers/LaserJet-1018)

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Hostname lookup

Another common step is to ensure that hostname broadcast by CUPS is accessible from the Windows XP machine. If your CUPS machine is accessible using a name rather than just an IP address then you don’t need to do anything for this step. If the CUPS machine is not accessible via it’s hostname then you need to set a mapping between the CUPS hostname and its IP address in the Windows hosts file. Under WindowsXP the host file is in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS, in Win2k replace WINDOWS with WINNT. The format is simple:

# Example hosts entry
192.168.0.3 rock

Under some CUPS server configurations you will be able to use the IP address instead of the hostname, but often only a hostname will work.

Postscript Printing

To use a printer queue as a Postscript printer requires a Windows XP Postscript printer driver, such as the built-in MS Publisher Imagesetter or this freely available one from Adobe.

Built-in MS Publisher Imagesetter

To use the MS Publisher Imagesetter driver, use “Add Printer” to add a new network printer, select “Connect to a printer on the Internet…” and enter the URL for your printer queue (e.g. http://rock:631/printers/Epson). When prompted for a driver select a Manufacturer of “Generic” and the Printer “MS Publisher Imagesetter”.

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