[SWLUG] Network setup for Fedora Core 5

[Mark Summerfield]

On Thursday 28 September 2006 10:15, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Thu Sep 28 10:00:57 2006, Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > I just tried scp:
> > : scp app/Pim/pim.txt mark at percival:/home/mark
> >
> > ssh: percival: Name or service not known
> > lost connection
> >
> > My desktop's hostname is pye my laptop's hostname is percival. I'm
> > user
> > mark on both. I don't want a permanent link since the laptop will
> > often
> > be away from the desktop.
>
> This command was done on pye, I assume.
>
> If the laptop hasn't got a registered hostname, nor a stable IP
> address, you'll probably run into problems.
>
> If percival has a stable IP address, you could use that:
>
> scp foo 10.0.0.2:
>
> Otherwise, use the laptop to talk to the desktop:
>
> scp pye:foo .
>
> Note that SSH, and therefore scp, assumes that you mean "mark" by
> default, and uses paths relative to the home directory.

Neither has a fixed IP address as such, they both use "DHCP" so I think
they get addresses from the router... However according to the router
they have addresses 198.168.1.2 and 198.168.1.3. So I tried:

scp TEST.TXT 198.168.1.3:

but it just hung...

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Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu