Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

From: Anthony Campbell (ac_at_acampbell.org.uk)
Date: 09/16/05

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    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
    > > 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia arcadia.acupuncturecourse.org.uk accampbell.uklinux.net
    > > 192.168.0.22 thinkpad ibm
    >
    > for testing, change all that .. delete the garbage what was deleted in
    > this email example
    >
    > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
    > 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia
    > 192.168.0.22 thinkpad.acampbell.org.uk ibmthinkpad
    >
    > > /etc/resolv.conf
    > >
    > > search
    > search acampbell.org.uk
    >
    > > nameserver 80.84.64.20
    > > nameserver 80.84.72.20
    >
    >
    > > laptop:
    > >
    > > /etc/resolv.conf
    > >
    > > search acampbell.org.uk
    > > nameserver 80.84.64.20
    > > nameserver 80.84.72.20
    >
    > good on the laptop you did have the correct "search" but your desktop did
    > not
    >
    > > /etc/hosts
    > >
    > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
    > > 192.168.0.22 ibm.acampbell.org.uk ibm thinkpad
    > > 192.168.0.20 arcadia
    >
    > 192.168.0.20 arcadia.acampbell.org.uk arcadia
    >
    > > > > ac:/usr/share/doc/shorewall:$ ifconfig -a
    > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1B:DE:4B:CF
    > > >
    > > > bad .. this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it ...
    > > > ===================================================
    >
    > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20
    >
    > > > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-40-96-44-B5-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
    > > > > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:2312 Metric:1
    > > >
    > > > bad ... this does NOT have an ip# assigned to it
    > > > /////////////////////////////////////////////////
    >
    > iwconfig wifi0 192.168.0.22
    >
    > > How can I correct these?
    >
    > see above
    >
    > - if it works when yu manually set it.. you can either do
    > those commands in your own script or find the misconfigured files
    > and fix it
    >
    > c ya
    > alvin

    Some progress. The "ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20" allows the laptop to
    ping the desktop. The "iwconfig" above gives "Unrecognized wireless
    request 192.168.0.22" but everything seems to work nonetheless.

    I still cannot ping the laptop from the desktop, however. 

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