On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Adam Beneschan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, everyone, > > I'm new to Ubuntu, so my apologies if this is an idiot question. > > I'm trying to configure Ubuntu on a new machine (purchased with > Windows Vista and used Wubi to install Ubuntu). I will also need to > set up some other Linux machines to talk to it. > > (1) In the Ubuntu help, I found "Change the name of your computer". > The instructions say to go to System -> Administrator -> Network and > press the Unlock button. But under System -> Administrator, I see > "Network Tools", not simply "Network"; and there's no Unlock button on > the "Network Tools" display. Am I missing something, do I need to > install something else, or ??? I think it's under 'preferences' rather than 'administration' in 8.10. Just look around; you could also use the notification icon I think (top right). FWIW, changing the computer name prob won't do what you are expecting. AFAIK, its the IP hostname, rather than the SMB (windows networking) name that you'll be changing... > (2) The system is connected to the network via a wired Ethernet > connection. Ubuntu automatically configured this connection and > assigned an IP address to it. Suppose that I have a reason to assign > a different specific IP address (i.e. to the IP address that was > assigned to a system we no longer have, in order to reduce the amount > of configuration work I need to do on other systems). Is there a way > to do this, either via some application, or via running ifconfig > manually? You can do that easily from within the network preferences application. -- Christopher Stamper Email: [email protected] Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
