[H-GEN] Making my Linux to windows LAN work.

[Russell Mathews]

Christopher LeMoyne wrote:

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> Russell Mathews wrote:
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>> Hi General Humbug,
>>
>> I intend to put a test website up under var/www/html/ and see if I 
>> can run it from Linux then from my other HP Windows box. [The windows 
>> box (and my D-link wireless modem/router) is supplied by my PhD 
>> University.] I had a Canon flatbed scanner but could not make it work 
>> under Linux. It works under Windows so I am tending to use my Windows 
>> box.
>> Once I have the website working from here under var/www/html/, I will 
>> consider setting my router, so the website can be accessed from the web.
>>
>> I want to make my LAN work. I have not been able, despite my trials, 
>> to make my LAN work. I think I need Samba on Linux. I believe I have 
>> Samba installed under Linux.
>>
>> I am thinking I could load up my website under /var/www/html using 
>> Mozilla, but I would have to be able to have my browser on Windows 
>> box see my /html/ directory under FC4.
>>
>> My Linux box is dual boot, but I have not even been able to make the 
>> LAN work windows to windows. I feel I have to take small steps to 
>> progress my ambition. I hope I can receive some assistance. I want to 
>> learn a lot. Thanks.
>
>
I was happy to receive Christopher LeMoyne’s message. That was just what 
I was hoping for. I can now foresee my webserver working.

When I clicked on the Computer Icon on my FC4 Desktop, a number of Icons 
appeared including Filesystem
CD-ROM Drive and and icon with the name 'Network'. I clicked on it and 
another screen appeared with the icon above the words 'Windows Network", 
which I think I set up under windows. It has that it was 'owned' by root.

> Ok, lets start with the basics:
> 1. Are you able to browse the internet on both the Windows and Linux 
> machine? (This tells me whether your cabling and TCP/IP settings are 
> all correct, post back to the list what your results are.)

As I said, I had installed FC4. It was running well and I could access 
the web from it, I thought. Today, I find that I cannot under FC4. I 
seem to remember that I could ‘ping’ between and saw on some display the 
amount of traffic in both directions between the boxes, but now I think 
that was in Windows.

> 2. Your Linux box needs an IP. If you can successfully browse the 
> internet on the Linux machine in step 1, then you have a valid IP. To 
> find out what it is, do a 'ifconfig -a' on the Linux box, and post the 
> output here (when typing the command into the Linux terminal, don't 
> use the 'quotes' around the command).

bash: ifconfig: command not found

> 3. Confirm Apache is running by doing a 'ps ax | grep -i httpd' and 
> then post the results here.

2808 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep –i httpd

> 4. Your website, if you have apache running, will be shared as 
> http://<linux_IP> (this is the IP listed in the output of ifconfig -a 
> from step 2), which is what you need to put in the browser on the PC 
> to get to it. If you haven't put your html files in there yet, there 
> should be some default html files from the Apache install. Post to the 
> list what the contents of your website look like.
>
> Regards,
> Christopher
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