Installing RPM packages and network

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb Francis Appiah um 17:50:

>  1.)
> I just installed fc2 and I am a newbie to linux in general, any good resources around for newbies and any advice for a firstimer to fc2?

Welcome to the community.

http://www.fedorafaq.org/
http://www.fedoranews.org/
http://www.fedoraforum.org/
 
> 2.)
> How do I get my rpm packages to install in fc2?

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#getsoftware and following Q/A too.
 
> 3.)
> Also I am runnign fc2 on a campus with a main DHCP host, I have realised that the host server is only allowing me to get onto on campus websites, I cannot resolve any hosts who address are not withing our subnet.

If that is intended by the campus admins, then you can't change that. If
that's not the case then check that you have your campus' DNS servers
properly set in /etc/resolv.conf. Recheck your DHCP client settings.
 
> 4.)
> How do I check whether or not I am causing uneccesary network traffic or broadcasts and how do I stop that from happening?

By running tcpdump, ethereal, iptraf or other such tools. Of course that
requires good knowledge about the protocols and network architecture to
analyze what these tools log.

As long as you do not set up anything strange with your Fedora you
shouldn't fear such causes by your host. If unexperienced with things
first read the available documentation. And switch down all services and
daemons on your system you don't need.
 
> Thanks.
> Newbie!

Alexander

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and not html formatted. Thanks


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