[NBLUG/talk] Help: Newbie and proxy server running SBS2000

[augie]

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Jennifer Tracy wrote:
> If I had the first clue how to ping the proxy server in Linux I would
> try that first.  I fully admit to being WAY more Windows savvy than Linux.

that's ok. linux is different than windows, which is why most of us like
it, but for you (as for all beginners) it means having to learn the
tricks of the trade.

> Apparently my netwrok card is at least active.  Don't ask what a
> headache that was to make happen.  But I can't see the network, and I
> don't know how to search for computers on the network like I can in
> Windows.
> I have no idea if my netwrok card is even configured correctly.

ok, now we are getting to the real problem. i was seceretly wondering
whether this was a proxy problem or really a network problem. so let's
get to work:

i started writing some pretty detailed instructions, but mitch and micah
already replied with what i was thinking so try and do what they suggest
and post back your results, verbosity welcomed.

> I am not generally a stupid person, but this is driving me nuts (as my
> fiance says a short trip but nonetheless :-)

i'm sure you're not stupid. linux is not windows though, and so it is to
be expected that you will have to do some learning to get it all down.
although most of the tools mentioned ifconfig (ipconfig in windows),
route, ping, are all resident on windows machines, you just may have
never used them.

augie.


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