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Okay - Here's the output you asked for (possibly with some details lost in transcription on my little notepad). By the way, I am typing the comands at a prompt that says "root@route38:/etc/network#"... eth0 link encap: ethernet hwaddr 00:19:d1:54:a4:c2 inet addr: 192.168.1.33 bcast: 192.168.1.225 ...

Thanks Eternaluxe - I'll try to post the output - probably Monday - from the two commands you gave me. I'll have to transcribe it with a pen and paper, because I don't know how to get on the web from my ubunto server machine. If this is helpful, the output from ifconfig included... eth0 inet addr ...

Thanks - I think I'm starting to get it. Once I get to step 3 above, I think it said something like "could not reliably identify IP address" (best I an remember from yesterday). Does this mean I have to set up a static IP address? When I do ifconfig, it shows me several different xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ...

This is very helpful for us beginners... 1 - I really don't know what Apache is, but I'm guessing that by typing the "$" I am at the 'Apache prompt'? Or should I type "root login" first befor entering: $ cd /var/www $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneminder ? 2 - How do I find out what my zoneminder's IP ...

Thanks - yes it helps!

Anybody out there? Is there a better place to post looking for a Zone Minder Tutor?

Hi folks- Im trying to set up zm on my first ever Linux machine. So far I have installed the OS using the guide at http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_9.10_Server_32-p. I've gotten to the part where you ping www.nytimes.com. I can see a 12 digit (ip?) address when I do that, but I'm not ...