[tlug] navigating the LAN

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

On my computer in my university office, they give me access to my 
directory on the network server through Win XP, using the desktop search 
>> search computer >> network. I have to search for a string like 
"efs102n..." (I'm at home now, and I forgot to write it down).

When I asked the technical in our "media sentaa" (sort of a 
second-assistant technical guy who I suspect doesn't know very much) if 
it was possible for me to do this through Linux--so that I don't need to 
switch to XP for every little thing--he told me flat-out "no."

I've been taking his word for it for over a year now, but then today 
when I was setting up my printer in Linux (Debian w/KDE), I noticed a 
bunch of other printers from the network with colleagues names popping 
up in the list...which makes me think that perhaps I might have the 
access I want after all.

I spend some time this afternoon going through the tabs on KDE's Control 
Center >> Internet and Network, such as "Local Network Browser", 
"Service Discovery," etc., but didn't see anything. It's not such a big 
deal, but with all the network specialists on TLUG, perhaps someone 
might suggest a couple of things I can try to check this out?

Regards,

Chuck

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Charles Muller

Toyo Gakuen University
Faculty of Humanities
1660 Hiregasaki, Nagareyama-shi
Chiba 270-0161 JAPAN
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