[SLUG] Re: Network

[Jamie Adams]

> Cheers Jamie. Response from ping :-
> 
> --- 192.168.0.2 ping statistics ---
> 9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 7999ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.173/0.191/0.261/0.025 ms
> 
> similar on both machines. ifconfig now gives:-
> 
> time:/home/pete # ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0A:E6:90:4A:F3
>           inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e6ff:fe90:4af3/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:5900 (5.7 Kb)  TX bytes:6360 (6.2 Kb)
>           Interrupt:5 Base address:0xd400
> 
> How do I now gain access to files on the other machine?  SuSE still
> insists that I need to set up a network.

I guess it all depends on how you want to do it. The tried and trusted
method is ssh. Get the server and client installed on your machines
and you have full shell access, along with sftp and scp for
filetransfer.

I'm sure others will be able to give different methods.

Cheers,
Jamie