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Ubuntu Free DNS Cache Server
A DNS server is piece of software that runs on a computer that will translate a domain name into the true ip address. In other words when you type a web address into your web browser, your internet provider’s DNS server will look into it records and search for the domain name that your are requesting. The main reason you would want a local dns cache server is to lower the ping rate when you request a specific web page. Another reason to have a free dns cache server is because the dns records will be tailored to your browsing experience. Continue reading
Ubuntu Server Lvm
LVM or Logical Volume Manager will allow you to combine hard drive partitions and stretch a mount point over multiple partitions. For instance your /var mount point is restricted by hard drive space on hda, but you have a second hard drive hdb. So you will partition /var structure using the remainder of hard drive A and then partition space from hard drive B, which will combine the space together. In this guide I will be using the follow mount points: Continue reading
Ubuntu DHCP and Static Ip Address
To set a dhcp address or static ip address from the terminal on Ubuntu is a real simple task to complete. The first thing to do of course is to open up a terminal window, once the terminal opens, login in as su or use the sudo command to run the following command.
vi /etc/network/interfaces
You can also use any other editor program like nano, but I prefer vim. Once you open the file with your favorite text editor you should now see a file that resembles the one below. Continue reading
Upgrade Ubuntu Distro
If you are looking to upgrade your Ubuntu 9.04 desktop or server distro to Ubuntu 9.10, this can be done with a few steps. To upgrade your Ubuntu desktop distro simply press Alt + F2 together. In the prompt box, type: Continue reading
Webmin Ubuntu Server
Webmin is a great tool to install if you would like a GUI based program to help manage your server. This guide will show you how to install and setup Webmin ver. 1.441 on Ubuntu 8.04, but will work for other versions of Ubuntu linux. The first thing that you are going to want to do is login under su. Continue reading
Ubuntu Router Network Gateway
In this article you will learn how to setup your very own Ubuntu router internet gateway. The Ubuntu router / gateway will act exactly like any other router that you can purchase at the store, except your linux box will have more functionality and extra security. What you will need to build your Ubuntu router: Continue reading
Install Webmin Mandriva Linux
This tutorial will show you how to install webmin, which is a user friendly server configuration program with a GUI. That will allow you to administer many different types of servers, such as ftp, apache, dhcp, mysql and many other types of servers. In this tutorial I will be using Mandriva 2008.1 i586 power pack distro, but this tutorial should work with previous Mandriva releases and other linux distros using urpmi package management. Continue reading