Hello Dave,
Thanks for your reply!
In a message dated 1/26/00 8:25:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello Everybody,
> >
> > Fortunately I hope I don have problem with connecting to Internet
> > with my modem anymore! Thanks to all of you who helped
> > me in that situation!
> >
> > I have installed Linux Red Hat 6.1 !
> > Is anyone here who have Red hat Linux and running WEB-SERVER?
> > Will you be so kind to explain me what is procedure of setting
> > up WEB SERVER ? What should I do next after I connected to Internet
> > via modem?
>
> Well, first you will need to make sure that you have apache (WEB SERVER)
> installed and configured, but the internet will only be able to see your
> web server if you have a static IP number and have registered a domain
> name to that IP number.
I do have apache software came with Red Hat 6.1 but how can I know what
version is it?
Also how can I know if my Apache already installed and configured?
What is static IP?
What difference between static and regular IP?
I have registered domain but how can I assign it with IP,static IP?
> If you are connecting with a modem through an ISP, your IP number is
> most likely allocated dynamically and will therefore be different every
> time you connect. You might also find that the IP number your ISP
> allocates is in one of the 'internal' ranges, e.g. 192.168.*.*. If this
> is the case your machine will not be seen at all by the internet in
> general.
>
> You can find out the IP number when you are connected by using
> 'ifconfig'. The number you need is in the entry for ppp0 and should
> look something like: inet addr:195.147.170.197 although the number
> will of course be different.
I have been type at root while my mac was connected to machine:
ifconfig
but nothing came up and
bath: ifconfig: command not found
appears.
How should I use ifconfig for IP?
> > I am expecting DSL or CABLE in my area but until then I am gonna use
> > my modem
>
> All the above applies to both DSL and cable modems, but even more so. I
> have never seen a DSL or cable setup that uses real IP numbers, perhaps
> someone else knows differently.
Do you mean that DSL and CABLE use only static IP?
> Of course this does not stop you from running apache on your local
> setup, where it will work well as a caching proxy server and speed up
> your access times to frequently visited sites.
> regards,
> Dave
> --
> He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream
> too.
> -- Lewis Carroll
>
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
Thank you in advance,
Almaz
