Hi Colin, I'm afraid i can't offer much help with your server problem, as i also need more information (maybe read more books, wikis and tutorials) about servers, but i can, i hope, point the way to find your answers. Visit the english ubuntu forum (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/) and also do a search about your problem on the ubuntu wiki (http://wiki.ubuntu.com). I'm also a fan of meetings to exchange experiences, help people with their problems and just have a good time.
Cheers, Daniel On 23/11/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear all I am new to linux and to ubuntu and would like to have an ubuntu machine running as a server to communicate with a windows xp machine, I have not been able to do this because of network issues. Just before I start I would like to say that I've been reading about your screen casts which I think are a really good initiative, would you consider doing one for installing and setting up the ubuntu server edition 6.06 to communicate with a windows machine? I ask this because I am really interested in setting up a server environment but so far have not been able to. Also if after watching the screencast I get my server together then I will be able to spread the word to other computer users at college who might be able to benefit from using an ubuntu machine and LAMP environment. I have a few questions: [1] If you install ubuntu server edition 6.06 onto your machine and it cannot recognize an ethernet device or cannot set up DHCP does this mean that you will not be able to network between another machine because there is not a network capability - does this mean that you will not be abale to ping another computer? [2] If you have an inherited machine and you try to install ubuntu server edition 6.06 does it normally recognize the ethernet device and configure DHCP automatically - if not why might this be? [3] If you experienced either of the problems above what may be the problem? [4] Are there any regular meets that take place in London/Brighton where people can talk about practical problems and how to solve them? [5] Also would anyone be up for scheduling a chat session to take place over a messaging programme such as msn messenger to talk about the server edition? I read a couple of news letters ago that it was o.k. to ask for help here - hope this still holds true. All Thoughts - Ideas - tips and advice much needed Colin _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
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