Setting Up Fedora for network

Hello there, First off, Im stupid. And Im sure this question is nice
an simple.

Right, Im trying to be able to access the web server on my Fedora box
from my WinXP machine.

How do I set Fedora up to be viewable from Windows?

Exactly how, cos im stupid I could do with a step by step, I want to
be able to go http://169.254.0.1/ and view the web page.

I know that the windows subnet is 255.255.0.0

So, what do it do?

THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCED!!

Chad

Hi Chad

I'm a relative newcomer to Linux and have found this link...

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/#Linux

....very helpful.

Hope this helps

Tim.



"Chad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello there, First off, Im stupid. And Im sure this question is nice
> an simple.
>
> Right, Im trying to be able to access the web server on my Fedora box
> from my WinXP machine.
>
> How do I set Fedora up to be viewable from Windows?
>
> Exactly how, cos im stupid I could do with a step by step, I want to
> be able to go http://169.254.0.1/ and view the web page.
>
> I know that the windows subnet is 255.255.0.0
>
> So, what do it do?
>
> THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCED!!
>
> Chad

Chad wrote:
> Hello there, First off, Im stupid. And Im sure this question is nice
> an simple.

This is why we all come here ;-)

> Right, Im trying to be able to access the web server on my Fedora box
> from my WinXP machine.
>
> How do I set Fedora up to be viewable from Windows?

Depends on how your network/lan are set up -- see below.

> Exactly how, cos im stupid I could do with a step by step, I want to
> be able to go http://169.254.0.1/ and view the web page.
>
> I know that the windows subnet is 255.255.0.0

Looks like you are still using the zeroconf address Windows
automatically assigned your nic -- ie., 169.254.x.x. These _should_ be
reserved for their intended purpose of providing an IP when a DHCP
server or static IP are not available at boot. In your own lan you
should properly assign an IP to your machines if they are not being
assigned by DHCP -- typically in the range of 192.168.x.x with a
netmask of 255.255.255.0.

> So, what do it do?
>
> THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCED!!
>
> Chad

So long as the computers are on the same net segment and can ping each
other there is not much you should have to do. Make sure your Linux
box is not running a firewall in initial testing. Also check that on
your Linux box that you can connect to the web server via localhost --
ie., 127.0.0.1 -- to confirm that the web server is running as
expected.

So, from your web browser on Linux, enter:
http://127.0.0.1/url/to/page

>From Win:
ping 192.168.0.2 (just an eg. # for whatever you assingned to your
Linux nic)
http://192.168.0.2/url/to/page

You don't mention what you are using on the Linux box as your web
server, so will assume Apache. Have the manual handy as well as (all)
these docs for Linux:
http://www.tldp.org/docs.html
Just grab the tarball that has them all:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...-HOWTOs.tar.gz
Look especially at the networking HOWTOs.

hth,
prg
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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:40:12 -0800, Chad wrote:

> Hello there, First off, Im stupid.

The only thing stupid you've done is call yourself "stupid." You've done
a stupid _thing_, yes, but that doesn't mean you _are_ stupid. Ignorant,
probably, but that just means "don't know yet".

> And Im sure this question is nice
> an simple.

This is good - it makes it easier on _us_ ;-) .

> Right, Im trying to be able to access the web server on my Fedora box
> from my WinXP machine.
>
> How do I set Fedora up to be viewable from Windows?

Fedora? Ew. I have no idea. I'm a Slacker.

But in general, you'd need to have apache (or eq) running and they need
to be able to connect at all - can the machines ping each other?

Show us all of your config files, from both machines, if you
would - unless someone has already divined the answer, of course. :-)

> Exactly how, cos im stupid I could do with a step by step, I want to
> be able to go http://169.254.0.1/ and view the web page.

Is this the IP of the Fedora box, or the Win box? What's the IP of
the other one?

> I know that the windows subnet is 255.255.0.0
>
> So, what do it do?

I think you need much more RTFM.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

> THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCED!!

YOU ARE WELCOME - AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOURSELF TO RTFM, STFW,
AND NETIQUETTE!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich