Networking Zorin Computers

Hi,

This has probably been answered before, but I haven't found the solution yet. I have Zorin installed on two computers. Both are wireless through the router. I have a network printer that both computers see, and I can connect to the internet, but I cannot get the two computers to see each other on the network. I am relatively new to Linux, but if someone can tell me what to look for or even give me instructions on what I am doing wrong, I can manage it from there.

Hi ExTankerDriver, and welcome to Zorin. This page might be helpful - if it is not what you are seeking, please come back to us for more guidance.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/135290/h ... -computers

are you talking about seeing the Zorin computers under
Zorin Menu > Network ??

If so, I believe that you have to install a samba client / server on the computer. (smbclient I think is a popular choice)

You can truely find out if the computers can "see" each other by doing this.
install openssh-server and nmap on each of the computers

Code:

sudo apt-get install -y openssh-server nmap

Then you can get the IP address from the computers by typing

Code:

ip addr

then make sure the other computer is listening using nmap

Code:

nmap -p 22 <ip_of_other_computer>

and if it responds with open then you know they can see each other, you should also be able to log via ssh using

Code:

ssh username@<ip_of_other_computer>

of course you will need to replace "<ip_of_other_computer>" with the actual IP address from the other machine, and you will need to replace "username" with the far end username you wish to use to login...

But that is kinda not for beginner users...