accessing fedora server from windows XP

[shoreyman007]

I have just installed fedora core 4 as a server on an old pc so I can use it as a web server. I do not have any monitor,keyboard, mouse etc. attached just a stand-alone tower. At the moment if I wish to use it I have to connect the necessary hardware from my main computer. I wish to access it via a crossover cable from my main pc using something like putty so from there I can control it.

Is this possible? If so how do I retrieve the necessary IP address etc.?

[hiberphoptik]

check out a program called synergy it is free and will allow you to use your primary keyboard, mouse, and even clipboard on networked machines using the ethernet connection


windows, mac, linux versions @

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

[shoreyman007]

Any ideas on how will connect to my fedora box from windows pc. I am not sure how to get the ip address. I have a feeling I should have specified one when I installed Fedora?

[hiberphoptik]

if its a server you should specify one, DHCP for a server is not really a good idea

chances are its one higher or lower than your windows machine so you could try to ping likely addresses like so

windows: 192.168.1.100 so if you linux machine came up after it would be 192.168.1.101 if it came up before it would be 192.16.1.99

of course your IP addresses could be a differant format but if you really wanted to know for sure just plug a keyboard into the linux machine and login then do /sbin/ifconfig