network HELP!

[manolis]

paidia boitheia!

eixa mexri tora mia poli kali gnosi diktion gia MS windows, alla paidia sikono 
ta xeria psila, to samba kai to networking stomandrake 9.1 me exei trelanei.

ti simbainei:

- exo dio PCs ena winxp kai to linux. to internet brisketai sto linux.
- ena akomi Virtual PC sto vmware me win98 sto opoio trexo efarmoges pou 
theloun win kai den trexoun oute se XP oute se linux. auto sindeetai me 
bridge sto linuxpc, (to vmware brisketai sto linuxpc)
- esteisa to diktio me DHCP automata IP, rithmisa to internet connection 
sharing.
-  ola entaksi mexri edo.

problimata:
-den kanei local nameresolve sto linuxpc (den mporo na grapso diladi ping 
jimpc, alla mporo ping 192.168.1.253)
- den doulebei sosta to samba!
rithmisa to smb.conf  kai den mporo me tipota sto linuxpc na diabaso ta winxp 
kai win98 pc alla oute kai ton eauto tou!!! (me linneighborhood, gnomba, alla 
kai me smbclient,nmblookup)
mono me to gnomba an xrisimopoiiso IPscan kai oxi SMB protocol blepo olo to 
workgroup!!! (den to xrisimopoio etsi omos giati an kano mount meta den mporo 
na kano me tipote unmount efoson den doulebei to smb sosta)
to pio trelo einai oti to virtualmachine win98 pou brisketai sto linuxpc 
blepei kanonika kai epoikoinonei sto workgroup to winxp pc!!!
blepei kai to linuxpc alla den mporei na kanei browse.
-to winxp blepei kai ta tria pcs alla den mporei na kanei browse sto linuxpc.
-kanena apo ta winpcs den mporoun na kanoun ping sto linuxpc(eno to blepoun 
sto workgroup) (bgazei permission denied)


pleeease help!

an kapoios exei kamia idea or an kapoios kserei link gia para poli "idiots 
guide for windows networks" sto mandrake 9.1 tha tou xrosto eugnomosini.

manolis toussis
(exo xasei idi mia ebdomada dokimon).
(den thelo na balo static IPs giati meta prepei na balo to squid gia internet 
proxy , eno tora doulebei me gateway)