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Access Linux hosted site on Windows PC

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/access-linux-hosted-site-on-windows-pc.164259/

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kumar.manoj Original post #1
Oct 4, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Hello friends, I have a Red Hat Enterprises Server installed in my office and Office's interanet site is installed on this Server and all the systems is the office are Linux based. So that all systems have the access to that website but. when I connect my Windows based laptop to that network I am not able to open that website. Please help me how to open that site on my laptop. I have all the information of my network like IP address, Subnet etc.

Please help.
avinandan012
Oct 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM
do you have a router associated with that server or all the PCs including the server are connected to the same physical switch ?
if you have a router you do have to enable a port(read configure a port) on that router to able to allow others to connect to the server
K
Oct 9, 2012 at 7:55 PM
all the computers and server are connected through the same switch. There is no router installed in the office.
kisame
kisame #4
Oct 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Are you able to ping the server???
Also,check if you missed the DNS server