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How to connect to local private network? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago by oeuf@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm trying to connect my Linux laptop to the network at my workplace so I can share files with colleagues, but it's not clear how to do it.

I can plug in the Ethernet cable and get a connection to public internet but cannot see any storage drives on the local network.

What should I do?

Debian 13, GNOME 43.

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If you can see how the other machines on the network access the drives, like with net use in the windows command prompt, then you will know the protocol and address and share name to connect to.

If it's something like \\computername\a\path\here that's a windows file share which you can connect to with samba. On modern Linux desktop systems you can sometimes get away with opening a file browser and typing in a location like smb://computername/a/path/here and it may just work

Keep in mind computername could be an IP address instead, and some file browsers are sneaky about letting you type in a path (nautilus/gnome, which I think is Ctrl+L) if smb://... Doesn't work smbfs:// may be worth a try