----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: new to linux
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chad Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: new to linux > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> This post seems to be going along with some problems I am having. My > >> problem involves windoze not being able to get an ip address. If > >> nothing > >> to share is not setup in Samba, it sounds like the problem might be > >> there. > >> My setup is simpler than the other person in that I only have the two > >> systems. One running win xp pro with a lan card and internet connection. > >> The other runs Freespire as 1st boot with Ubuntu as optional OS. There > >> is > >> also a lan card. They are linked with a crossover net cable using no > >> router. This setup was working very well. What changed I do not know. > >> Both cards are operational. > > > > Computers get IP addresses from a DHCP server, which Samba doesn't > > provide. If you don't have an internet router providing a DHCP server > > for your local network, which you wouldn't using just a crossover cable, > > you should just set a set of static IPs on your machines, preferably in > > the 192.168.xxx.yyy subnet. > > > >> Linux can be started without a monitor, but it is pretty difficult to > >> shut it down without a monitor unless you have it shutdown > >> automatically at a given time of day. > > > > You can shut computers down over an SSH connection. I do it all the > > time. As long as this person's print server has an SSH server running, > > all he has to do is log on to the machine over SSH and issue the > > shutdown command. > > > > Chad Martin > Static IP addresses have been assigned. My Linux bow now indicates full > function in the LAN part. However my browser still refuse to get anywhere, > nor does the mail program. I hope to have all this fixed when I take the > system to a meeting of our local LUG. It also need a defualt gateway assigned, before it can browse the Net. Norm Higgs http://forbiddenpc.com https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
