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   Grant Taylor to gro...@cyberdude.com   
   Re: LANing over a home fiber router   
   20 Jul 20 14:30:23   
   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 7/19/20 10:32 PM, gro...@cyberdude.com wrote:   
   > I have a standard FTTH router which came with my net connection,   
   > i.e. whatever my ISP has given me, it's not bought. If TWO laptops   
   > are connected to it OVER WIFI, can they share files between em,   
   > assuming a pretty out-of-the-box Linux installation?   
      
   You should be able to.   
      
   > What about sharing a printer, ie. if ONE laptop has one there,   
   > you can print from the other one? What do I need, this "SMB" thing,   
   > or NFS or what??   
      
   I would think that LPD or CUPS would be sufficient to allow printing   
   across the network.   
      
   > I'm vaguely curious as to whether this can be done with out-the-box   
   > WINDOZE as well, but not really :)   
      
   Yes, this should be relatively trivial to do on Windows as Windows has   
   installed the necessary software by default for about 20 years.   
      
   > Thanks.   
      
   You're welcome.   
      
      
      
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