On 07/03/2012, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 23:41:02 +0000 > From: WALKER RICHARD <[email protected]> > > OK, you have two PCs on a private network with addresses in the range > 192.168.?.?. >
Yes, > You reported only 192.?.?.? If that is accurate then the addresses are > public, meaning if I knew what they are then I could reach them from > here. > I am being brief and anonymous; the address are 192.168... > > Let's check your network mask so we know the extent of your private > network. Use the ifconfig command in a console (you might need to be > root for this) and look for the line in the output for your eth? > interface which looks something like this; > > inet addr:192.168.0.111 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > Correct, my computers has the same 'bcast' and 'mask' addresses. > You can see on mine that the mask is 255.255.255.0 which means that > only the eight bits of the final octet can be used on my network for > unique addresses - 0 to 255. So what is your network mask? > exactly the same
