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I'd recommend trying to configure CUPS directly via localhost:631 in a web browser. You don't really need to configure samba much (certainly don't need swat) to print to an XP printer - you will for file-sharing though.

What are you wanting to do with pdf's? Most Linux applications can print to pdf and there are several command line tools for converting to and from pdf.

It might be worth checking that you've installed mod_php and not plain old php (not sure how redhat splits them up).

If you're really worried about security it might be worth getting the router to forward ports to a non-existant IP address on your local network. Oddly enough my router sometimes responds to exrternal pings, sometimes it doesn't...

I've split this post into a new topic as it wasn't directly related to the previous one - more people should see it this way :D

I'd suggest looking at the pinned thread at the top of this forum and following the various bits of linked advice. The post back if you're having trouble.

I know of nothing simpler than whats contained in those books. Good luck finding something, please post back with the details if you do!!

The router may have port forwarding turned off - you might need to play around with which ports to allow through. It may also have a firewall so it's probably worth checking that.

Could the router be stopping the packets?

Try /sbin/lsmod

What does iwconfig say after you've told it the correct ESSID to use? You've probably already done this, but please ensure your firewall on the machine is turned off too.

Did you not install ndiswrapper from source? If so it wouldn't be in the rpm database. I'm getting a bit lost as to what you're trying to do now. Why is there a rt2500 driver being loaded in ndiswrapper?

No idea which country you're in but PCPlus in the UK has some Linux articles.

No, it's the kernel-source rpm. To rebuild you need the kernel src.rpm - it's different.

Just use your web browser to find the string 14e4:4318 on the wiki page. And FWIW the link to the Acer website works for me.

I suggest you search again, I found 11 matches for that card!!

It's worth checking the chipset number (from lspci -n) against the database just to be sure (unless thats what Ian did ) - sometimes manufacturers change chipsets bbut don't change the label on the box.

Then why not use the ndiswrapper database to find which are the best drivers to use? The ones on the CD are usually not the best ones to use!!

I've split this from the other thread, it's not really the same thing.

I thought from the other thread we'd established that the downloaded win2k drivers were the best ones to use, or am I lost?

I wouldn't worry too much about the scan, I find they don't work too well.

Some of the mandriva ndiswrapper rpms seem to be broken, if you can't get it to work it's probably worth installing from source - see the pinned thread at the top of this forum for more details.

Basically you can use any of the tools that you'd generally use to manage multiple users on a system. Try looking at w and last (try last -20 to see the last 20 logins). w will show you a little of what the user is doing at that time too.

Wikipedia has an explanation of broadcast address - basically, don't worry about it :D

First step would definately be the firewall. Try turning it off (you can do so in MCC) to see if you get anything.