Internet and file sharing on Solaris 10

Hello,
I have two intel machines at my home. One is running Solaris 10 and other one Windows Xp. Now i want to create a simple LAN ,share internet and files among these two systems. i have joined both machines together and they are connected to each other (confirmed by ping command).
Please help me out with any reference material on the web or give me steps what should i do.
Help is encouraged
Regards,
SolarisFan

You should be looking at Samba configuration for the file sharing part ,
For the internet sharing part it depends on how ur connectivity to the ISP is configured
If you have a broadband router , configure DHCP server on the router and get the systems to get their IPs from DHCP and you should be able to browse the net provided you have the other required bits such as DNS etc .
Rgds
PK

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It is better to use the Edit Button (Arrowed in Blue above) (.Local Name) rather than trying to change the computer's Name (Ralph Johns's Computer) as this is less reliable in later versions of the OS.
8:52 PM Sunday; August 29, 2010

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