How to access windows Network and Internet from Linux

[Indian]

Hi, I am having Red Hat 9/windows XP machine and I have a Wireless D-Link AirPlusG+ DWL-G520+ 54Mbps 802.11g PCI card...Wow that was quite a description....anyway I have configured it in Windows(thanks to the drivers provided by D-Link) but I am not able to configure it in Linux and it looks that there is very less documentation available on this....anyway if anyone knows anythign on this than kindly tell me.....
By the way my question is that CAN I ACCESS INTERNET and NETWORK from linux....I mean can i run internet explorer or Firefox through Linux using say WINE or any software...what I want is that it can take sometime to configure that card on linux so is there anyother way that I can acces internet from Linux as I have "Internet" in Windows.....Thanks for reading this far...Thanking u in advance....With Regards.

[ArcticFox]

Yes you can access the internet from Linux. In fact, I have better luck with ICS (internet connection sharing) with Windows-Linux versus Windows-Windows.

As for your networking question, one word - Samba. And no, I can't help you with that, I'm too big of a Linux n00b.

[jkrohn]

You should able to set it up for the internet following the instructions below:

http://www.iiit.net/wlan/setup_instructions.htm

Once you get it up and running you can download FireFox for linux and run that

Jkrohn

[kwebb]

It's not clear. You are dual booting, or you have two machines, one with XP and one with linux? Or I suppose you could be running something like virtual PC or VMWare. Anyway, with linux you don't need to use WINE to run internet apps.

[PresterJohn]

Originally Posted by kwebb

You are dual booting, or you have two machines, one with XP and one with linux? Or I suppose you could be running something like virtual PC or VMWare.

what does the above have to do with his problem?

he doesn't know how to set up the network card under linux (assuming of course that his linux distro supports it or that linux drivers are available from the vendor)...he needs 'how-to' instructions. that's the problem, plain and simple

it's immaterial whether the linux installation is a physical machine (multi-boot or otherwise) or a virtual one.

[kwebb]

By the way my question is that CAN I ACCESS INTERNET and NETWORK from linux....I mean can i run internet explorer or Firefox through Linux using say WINE or any software...what I want is that it can take sometime to configure that card on linux so is there anyother way that I can acces internet from Linux as I have "Internet" in Windows....

[PresterJohn]

still doesn't make a difference.

you were right to tell him that he doesn't need to run WINE to browse the internet since all the linux distros come with multiple native browsers.

however, he won't be able to access the internet all all simply because his linux OS doesn't see a valid network card.

[James T]

From within your linux box

mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //host/share /mountpoint

On windows, make sure that the sharing is set up.

Can't help on the network, luck to you on that one.

[kwebb]

John, just trying to clear up a specific uncertainty in his post. Thanks for your input though. It really helped him I'm sure.