This brief tutorial shows you how to enable file sharing between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 easily. If you want to access Ubuntu files from Windows or vice versa, you may have to enable file sharing. When file sharing is enabled, you will be able to access, modify and delete files on either machine remotely. This is one good way to make sure that both your Windows and Ubuntu machines can communicate share documents.
In order for this to work both machines must be on the same sub-network (plugged into the same switch / router). If they’re not, it probably won’t work.
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