Connecting hasn't really been that easy since DOS days. You haven't said anything about allowing 'ping' in the Linux firewall or access permissions to any directories on the server. 'putty' requires an active SSH server and a login. Samba for file-sharing requires the Samba server and access permissions to be set correctly.
assuming that no firewalls are involved, did you ensure that you have the same netmask on windows?
best is to use tcpdump to see the traffic send to wire
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