Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on 2 of
my desktops PC's. I have not installed any addon packages or
anything related to network. Please guide my on how to set up a
LAN between these two machines. is there any GUI program to do
this instead of Terminal? Because I am completely new to linux
and am not very familiar with Terminal usage. I have the
ethernet cable connected to a router which inturn is connected
to my DSL modem to provide internet access to both my pc's.
Thanking you  share|improve this question Ok, first things
first: is internet working for both? Can both browse webpages,
etc? Is your only issue on how to share folders and/or printers
with each other? –  MestreLion May 29 '11 at 10:38 What exactly
do you want to use the LAN for? What you described already
places the computers in a LAN. –  Oxwivi May 29 '11 at 11:48
Your router may also be set up to not let the machines talk to
each other. Usually that's only with wireless, but make sure the
machines are able to ping each