> Problome is, i want to know how to find out it's ip-address (i don't know > how to set up a static ip-address and the computers stick to there own ip > address) > I need it to do 2 tasks, storage and lamp. Is it getting a public IP address, or is it behind a NAT router on a private subnet (10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255, 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255). If it's got a public address, http://www.dyndns.com/ is an easy solution. There is a Linux client for dyndns (ddclient) that will update the IP address for you so you can connect to hostname.dyndns.org (or whatever domain you pick.) If you're on a private network you'll want to check with your network administrator to see if you can get a static IP address assigned to you, or if you can get a DHCP reservation for your computer. Or if you don't want to talk to your network people and your DHCP server is integrated with DNS (if you're in an Active Directory environment, assume that it is.) all you have to do is configure your Ubuntu computer to send it's hostname with the DHCP request and you will be able to simply go to hostname (ssh user at hostname, http://hostname, etc.) On Ubuntu, you have to edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf. Add a line to the file: send host-name "yourhostnamehere"; Save the file, then ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 (assuming eth0 is your NIC). Ubuntu has a nice GUI tool for configuring your network interfaces, but if you're going console only that's fine too. Edit /etc/network/interfaces. Use man interfaces for viewing the documentation for the interfaces file. -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue >0; 0 rows returned