Andrew Zbikowski wrote: >> Problome is, i want to know how to find out it's ip-address (i don't know >> how to set up a static ip-address and the computers stick to there own ip >> address) >> I need it to do 2 tasks, storage and lamp. > Is it getting a public IP address, or is it behind a NAT router on a > private subnet (10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - > 172.31.255.255, 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255). If it's got a public > address, http://www.dyndns.com/ is an easy solution. There is a Linux > client for dyndns (ddclient) that will update the IP address for you > so you can connect to hostname.dyndns.org (or whatever domain you > pick.) > If you're on a private network you'll want to check with your network > administrator to see if you can get a static IP address assigned to > you, or if you can get a DHCP reservation for your computer. > Or if you don't want to talk to your network people and your DHCP > server is integrated with DNS (if you're in an Active Directory > environment, assume that it is.) all you have to do is configure your > Ubuntu computer to send it's hostname with the DHCP request and you > will be able to simply go to hostname (ssh user at hostname, > http://hostname, etc.) > On Ubuntu, you have to edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf. Add a line to the file: > send host-name "yourhostnamehere"; > Save the file, then ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 (assuming eth0 is your NIC). > Ubuntu has a nice GUI tool for configuring your network interfaces, > but if you're going console only that's fine too. Edit > /etc/network/interfaces. Use man interfaces for viewing the > documentation for the interfaces file. > -- > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us > SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; > 0 rows returned > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com