[Klug-general] Baffled by Kubuntu networking

[Peter Apps]

Static networking on Kubuntu is a pig. It'll keep changing you back to
the settings it wants.

I removed network manager and after trying another manager which
couldn't handle hidden SSIDs wrote my own script based on ifconfig.
iwconfig and route. I installed knemo to monitor my network connection.

Peter

On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 17:02 +0000, Mike Rentell wrote:
> Most of the Linux world, certainly the magazine I read, seems besotted 
> with Ubuntu - presumably for good reasons. So I am trying it out with 
> varying degrees of success. Being hooked on KDE (I really don't get on 
> with Gnome) I have duly loaded up Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Printers 
> were found OK as was my cable (Virgin) modem via my wired router and so 
> Thunderbird and Firefox function exactly as required.
> 
> Everything that I want is now available and works fine, except 
> networking which leaves me baffled.
> 
> My very small network is:
> 
> 192.168.2.1 - router plugged into cable modem
> 192.168.2.2 - kubuntu pc
> 192.168.2.3 - old pc for backup (happily running PCLinuxOS)
> 
> The old PC (3) is configured with NFS which my previous setup (Mandriva 
> or PCinuxOS) simply found with the graphical 'find NFS shares' tool 
> which then mounted the shared drive and file to the 'backups' file on 
> the main machine (2).
> 
> I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this in Kubuntu.
> 
> Also, I have got VirtualBox running again because I have to use Windows 
> for an accounting program. That happily sees the Shared Folder under 
> Kubuntu. But it won't see the printers. Previously I've set up the 
> Windows printers as http://192.168.2.2:631/printers/PRINTERNAME and for 
> both printers that worked once I had enabled SMB Shares on the Linux pc.
> 
> I cannot for the life of me figure how to do this in Kubuntu either.
> 
> It must be available but not for bears of little brain. I would 
> appreciate it very much if someone with a clear understanding of what 
> needs to be done on these two networking problems would advise me.
> 
> Please understand that I need to be led by the hand through Kubuntu. 
> Short sharp words like 'Just grummit oogle.conf' ain't gonna work -sorry.
> 
> Anyone wanna volunteer?  I will try. There must be a reason for this 
> Ubuntu mania.
> MikeR
> 
> 
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