[Gllug] simple lan

[Leigh Mason]

hi

i can't cut 'n' paste because i have no method of placing the data onto
another medium. (no internet conn' due to winmodem (and i cannot access
linux partition via msDOS)). so, i've manually typed the output from the
files you mentioned:

ifconfig -a

eth0  link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:46:07:56:AA
inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
collisions:0 txqueuelan:100
Interupt:9 Base address:0xfcc0

lo   Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING  MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
collisions:0 txqueuelan:0


netstat -rn 

Dest        gateway     genmask         flags   mss    window  irtt   iface
10.0.0.0    0.0.0.0     255.255.255.0   U       0      0        0     eth0
127.0.0.0   0.0.0.0     255.0.0.0       U       0      0        0     lo


the mac has web sharing enabled. in the tcp/ip control pannel the connection
method is ethernet configured manually - with an ip addr :10.0.0.2 and a
mask:255.255.255.0.

the nic is a:
intel 8255x-based pci 10/100

i guess that the card is being detected because i have an hardware address
appear in the ifconfig output??

Q. do i have to have any network services running on linnux (inetd.d) for a
icmp to respond?

thanks 

leigh

> From: Kieran Barry <kieran at esperi.demon.co.uk>
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 23:55:49 +0100 (BST)
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] simple lan
> 
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Leigh Mason wrote:
> 
>> hi all
>> i have a patch cable from an imac to a vaio laptop  which i  use for file
>> exchange via tcp/ip
>> within browsers. (macOS and w98). i am trying to do the same thing when
>> running
>> linux on the laptop (rh7.0, 2.2.16) but i can't even get the mac to ping to
>> the vaio and vice versa.
>> i've configured the eth0 with linuxconf and checked the:
>> /etc/sysconfig/network, hosts and host.conf  files and  ifconfig.
>> all i thought i had to do was assign an ip and subnet for a cross over
>> connection. 
>> do i have to do anything with the routing table?
>> 
>> any clues as to what am i missing?
>> 
> host.conf (I think) is obsolete: it has been replaced by nsswitch.conf,
> but it shouldn't affect anything. And nsswitch.conf Should Just Work.
> 
> Usually, the devil is in the detail, so we need to check the basics.
> Could you cut'n'paste the output of the following commands into an
> email?
> 
> /sbin/ifconfig -a # tells us the IP address and interface info
> netstat -rn       # tells us the routing stuff.
> 
> Similar info on the mac would also be useful.
> 
> If you can, tar up the output of dmesg, /etc/sysconfig/network and
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and stick them on a web server, then post
> a url here. It would also be useful if you could let us know what
> network card you're using in the vaio.
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Kieran
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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