Installing Fedora 16 With VNC viewer 4

[leonsust]

Hello
I am trying to install fedora 16 in my desktop from a remote laptop. The two PC is connected with cat 5 cable. In the laptop I have installed VNC client. Now I need to determine the following information to install fedora 16 in my desktop through VNC Viewer 4 software(which is installed in my laptop):

#1.IP address

#2.Netmask

#.3.Default Gateway

#4.Primary Name Server

can anybody tell me what is the Linux command for fedora 16 to determine the above information of my desktop PC? Or how can I know those information from windows XP.because Windows XP is already installed in my desktop.

Thanks in advance.

[jim1944]

In Windows XP the command is 'ipconfig'.

In Linux you have '/sbin/ifconfig eth0' (eth0 could be eth1... but usually eth0). Note: ifconfig is considered obsolete but is still present.

These will get you some of the information. I find the domain name server ip address from my router.

Jim

---------- Post added at 10:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 AM ----------

With a little googling I found some additional info for Linux.

1. Look at /etc/resolv.conf to find name servers.
2. use 'route -n' to determine default gateway. The default gateway is the Gateway in the line that has Flags = UG.

ifconfig gives you ip address and mask.

Don't see how you are going to install on your desktop from your laptop via VNC. The VNC client on your laptop will have to connect to a VNC server that is up and running on your desktop. But maybe there's something I don't know about. Good luck.

Jim