Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: After some more experimentation I seem to have got ping to work in both directions, by means of the following: 1. There is a page in the router set-up which shows attached devices; the laptop appears here as 192.168.0.3, for some reason. 2. I removed

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Wackojacko
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 17 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: After some more experimentation I seem to have got ping to work in both directions, by means of the following: 1. There is a page in the router set-up which shows attached devices; the laptop appears here as 192.168.0.3, for some

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 19 Sep 2005, Wackojacko wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: On 17 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: After some more experimentation I seem to have got ping to work in both directions, by means of the following: 1. There is a page in the router set-up which shows attached devices; the

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Jared Hall
Anthony 1. There is a page in the router set-up which shows attached devices; the laptop appears here as 192.168.0.3, for some reason. From what I have gathered you haven't been able to get your laptop (wireless) to connect to your desktop (Ethernet). You are connecting both of these machines

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 19 Sep 2005, Jared Hall wrote: Anthony 1. There is a page in the router set-up which shows attached devices; the laptop appears here as 192.168.0.3, for some reason. From what I have gathered you haven't been able to get your laptop (wireless) to connect to your desktop (Ethernet).

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/17/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: iface eth1 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.22 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.20I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as a static address?I thought these options were mutually exclusive and

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hey, there's a bug! Replace dhcp by static please on both computers. Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread TreeBoy
On Saturday 17 Sep 2005 11:38, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hey, there's a bug! Replace dhcp by static please on both computers. Florian I do not believe

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Sep 2005, L.V.Gandhi wrote: On 9/17/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: iface eth1 inet dhcp address [2]192.168.0.22 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp address [3]192.168.0.20 I could be missing something

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (16/09/05 18:20), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: [snip] It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired segments. Can you configure the router to do bridging ? Frank I don't

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Sep 2005, Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya anthony On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: desktop: /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback 192.168.0.20arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net 192.168.0.22 thinkpad

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/09/05 17:10), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 15 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/09/05 17:10), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 15 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 12:13), Anthony Campbell wrote: Under LAN IP setting, the entry for Use Router as DHCP server is ticked. The help file says: Use Router As DHCP Server The MR814v2 router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (16/09/05 12:13), Anthony Campbell wrote: Under LAN IP setting, the entry for Use Router as DHCP server is ticked. The help file says: Use Router As DHCP Server The MR814v2 router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I'm very grateful to everyone for their suggestions but I'm starting to think it's about time to give up :-( Don´t give up! Linux computers are designed to work in networks. Please be so kind to post the complete contents of your /etc/network/interfaces again here. Florian -- To

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Sep 2005, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: I'm very grateful to everyone for their suggestions but I'm starting to think it's about time to give up :-( Don´t give up! Linux computers are designed to work in networks. Please be so kind to post the complete contents of your

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 02:43:43PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 16 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (16/09/05 12:13), Anthony Campbell wrote: Under LAN IP setting, the entry for Use Router as DHCP server is ticked. The help file says: Use Router As DHCP Server The

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: [snip] It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired segments. Can you configure the router to do bridging ? Frank I don't think so. There is nothing about it in the manual as far as I can see. Perhaps I need a different

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 18:20), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 16 Sep 2005, Frank Gevaerts wrote: [snip] It looks as if the router does NAT between the wireless and the wired segments. Can you configure the router to do bridging ? Frank I don't think so. There is nothing about it in the

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Well, I was afraid I was going on a bit, but anyway: -- Laptop: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Marty
Anthony Campbell wrote: iface eth1 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.22 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp address 192.168.0.20 I could be missing something but why do you specify DHCP as well as a static address? I thought these options were mutually exclusive and I'm surprised you

absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL modem. Both machines reach the internet without problems, one via a cable link to the modem, the other via a wireless link to the

RE: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Is what I'm trying to do even possible? Or am I missing something obvious? Have you made your mind up because of the operation type of your network? Peer-to-peer or ad-hoc mode: This mode is a method for wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Operating in ad-hoc mode allows

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Anthony Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I'm not surprised, as it's quite a specific issue, and doesn't really illustrate any one possible point of failure. I have two computers, desktop and

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 03:18:43PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL modem. Both machines reach the internet without problems,

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL modem. Both machines reach the internet without problems, one via a cable link

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Sep 2005, Thomas Adam wrote: --- Anthony Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I'm not surprised, as it's quite a specific issue, and doesn't really illustrate any one possible point of

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 15 Sep 2005, Thomas Adam wrote: --- Anthony Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. tooo much effort :-) ... but good .. thanx for trying so

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Andrew Schulman
I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL modem. Both machines reach the internet without problems, one via a cable link to the modem, the other via a wireless link to the router. If I understand you correctly, your LAN looks like

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Sep 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/09/05 15:18), Anthony Campbell wrote: I've struggled with this one for months! Much perusing of HOWTOs and googling hasn't helped. I have two computers, desktop and laptop, and a wireless router and ADSL modem. Both machines reach the

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Sep 2005, Alvin Oga wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: firewall (shorewall) does not help. ping localhost is 100% guaranteed to work ... as long as 127.0.0.1 is in /etc/hosts and you do use /etc/hosts in your /etc/resolv.conf - ping of it's own ip#

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Roel Schroeven
Anthony Campbell schreef: It's a Netgear MR814 router. The ethernet cable from the PC goes to a local port on the router and the internet port on the router goes to the modem. The laptop communicates with the router by wireless. Can you ping from both machines to the gateway? Some routers

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya anthony On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: desktop: /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost loopback 192.168.0.20arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm for testing, change all that .. delete