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Thanks, that works.
I wish I knew why one server worked before and still does (without being included in the hosts file) while the second one didn't.

I am using windows7x64.
Can you guide me on how to make the entry in my hosts file or properly setup the hostname record on my router (Dlink DI 604)?
Why does my first server respond to its...

I have 2 servers on my home network and one server on a different network. All running Ubuntu Server.
I connect to the servers using Putty.
I can connect to my first server by typing "servername1"...

OK. should I unforward port 80?

Will VPN allow me to mount my home server folder from so I can have MATLAB, LaTex, etc. work directly on files on my home server?

Ports 22 and 80 are forwarded to the server.
I can connect to my server from work with Filezilla and Putty.

I'm working on my thesis from home and work and it's a pain trying to synch the files...

How can I map a shared folder on my ubuntu server at home as a drive on my windows machine at work?

I have no problem mapping at home using
\\server_dhcp_address\shared_folder
but when I try ...

Does it appear in the bios?

How long ago did you set up your account?
Did you change the nameservers wherever your domain is registered?
Did you call goddaddy support?

That seems to have done the trick. TYVM.
I'll look into the other suggestions just so I can learn.

I moved two hard drives from one server to a newly installed server.
I'm trying to mount them.
I made a directory /media/DATA and when I type
sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/DATA
I get the following...

I don't know how it's done. It just is.
My ISP is Novuscom. I have an RJ45 socket in my wall to which I plug my Cat5 cable. The other end goes into my switch. If I connect two computer/devices to my...

My ISP supplies me with 2 IP addresses.
I use a switch and have 1 address sent to my phone adapter and 1 address sent to my router.
Can I install another NIC in my server and have it pull the 2...

So do I have to separate issues here?
Can I not have my main computer connected to the internet through the server and still be able to access the web with 2 different ip addresses simultaneously?

what happens when you type "aptitude" instead of "apt-get"?

*I'm a clueless newbie so I shouldn't be making any suggestions...

Not sure what this means. If I connect my switch to a router port and then 2-3 computers to the switch, will they each receive an internal ip address from the router and be able to share files with...

Can you elaborate please?
I'm a newbie.

I have Ubuntu server installed and my main machine runs Windows 7.
My internet cable is connected to a switch, from which my Vonage adapter takes one ip address and my 4-port router takes another...

Thanks but I don't have any detached screens to restore.
I couldn't find any help on how to display a job that's already running into a screen.
I killed the job and restarted it in a screen. That...

I am using the Screen application.
I ran rtorrent in a previous session, then closed my putty screen.
I've logged back on and I can see that rtorrent is running but I can't display the application....

I tried FreeNas and it's pretty sweet but I thought I'd give Ubuntu another go.
I reinstalled the server (9.04) and installed Webmin so now I'm managing Samba from the web browser on my main...

Thanks for the replies.
What do you guys think about http://www.webmin.com/?

I'm using 9.04.
I did have a look at the server guide.
It does not mention whether LVM is for noobs like myself or if it will offer my proposed setup any advantages/disadvantages.

I was hoping...

I'd like to use an old Pentium 2 (500 MHz), 512 MB of ram, computer as a home server and I need some hand holding.

I have one old 120 Gb IDE hard drive and another 250 Gb 4 year old IDE hard drive...