# Setting up ZCash build on windows ubutu shell - - cannot create addres **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [October 28, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940 "2016-10-28T06:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marvell9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Marvell9](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Marvell9)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/1 "2016-10-28T06:43:17Z")
So if followed all the instructions here: > **[Home · zcash/zcash Wiki](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/)** > > Zcash - Internet Money. Contribute to zcash/zcash development by creating an account on GitHub. and everything seems fine the tests pass I can even run the node and see this Thank you for running a Zcash node! You’re helping to strengthen the network and contributing to a social good 🙂 You are currently not mining. To enable mining, add ‘gen=1’ to your zcash.conf and restart. Since starting this node 7 minutes, 58 seconds ago: - You have validated 47 transactions! howerver when I try to get an address or show stats I get the error - olawal@DESKTOP-AQ143PG:~/zcash$ ./src/zcash-cli getinfo error: couldn’t connect to server same thing happens when I try to create an address I have windows firewall turned off so its not that any ideas ? I did creat the .Zcash folder as well as the zcash.conf file in my Ubuntu root please halp thanks ---
**Author:** ![Marvell9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Marvell9](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Marvell9)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/2 "2016-10-28T09:10:59Z")
Figured it out there are differenc .conf settings for windows builds ---
**Author:** ![cxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@cxm](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/cxm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/3 "2016-10-28T11:40:19Z")
Try ./src/zcashd --daemon ---
**Author:** ![Jiggytom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jiggytom/32/40035_2.png) [@Jiggytom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Jiggytom)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/4 "2016-10-30T03:13:44Z")
whats the setting? having the same issue ---
**Author:** ![LAminer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@LAminer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/LAminer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/5 "2016-10-30T05:00:39Z")
try starting the server first using the command that @cxm suggested above. ---
**Author:** ![Jiggytom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jiggytom/32/40035_2.png) [@Jiggytom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Jiggytom)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/6 "2016-10-30T20:01:39Z")
did that, still same issue. ---
**Author:** ![Marvell9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Marvell9](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Marvell9)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/setting-up-zcash-build-on-windows-ubutu-shell-cannot-create-addres/3940/7 "2016-10-31T17:28:02Z")
sorry missed this you have to turn off ipv6 rounting in the config file sorry cant find the link