Re: How to connect to debian server from Windows

[Luigi Bianca <luigi.bianca@gmail.com>]

Dmitri Pissarenko ha scritto:

>
> How can I set the IP address of the Debian machine?
>
> I tried to do this:
>
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.109.42.23 netmask 255.255.255.0  up

                                                                                                   
^^
and the win machine must be on the same net 192.109.42.xxx

>
> and then tried to ping 192.109.42.23 from the Windows machine. ping
> failed.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
if you write only "ifconfig" on the linux machine wich is the answer?


Luigi

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