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Almost identical to mine, in fact. So +there is no obvious low-level problem preventing you from setting up +your comms between PCs. Back in a tick; putting the kettle on... + +On 08/03/2012, e-letter <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">inpost at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +><i> On 08/03/2012, <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">mageia-discuss-request at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">mageia-discuss-request at mageia.org</A>> wrote: +</I>>><i> ------------------------------ +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Message: 6 +</I>>><i> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 01:03:37 +0000 +</I>>><i> From: WALKER RICHARD <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">richard.j.walker at ntlworld.com</A>> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> OK, it is all looking a lot clearer now. Your router can do what you +</I>>><i> want, I believe, provided it is on the same network as your 2 PCs. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The computers and router are connected via ethernet cables, within a +</I>><i> house so I assume that is considered a "same" network. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The only address left to wonder about is the private network address +</I>>><i> of the router itself. It has the public address assigned by your ISP +</I>>><i> on the WWW side, but its LAN address should be in your network range. +</I>>><i> >From your mask we know that you have "only" 256 addresses to play with +</I>>><i> so the router should have one of those. That means that the first +</I>>><i> three octets of the addresses for PC1, PC2 and the router must be the +</I>>><i> same; probably 192.168.0 +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes, I use such as address to access the router via a web browser. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> If that's the case then you should be able to ping the router and the +</I>>><i> other PC, and nmap the network. Let's try that again, this time post +</I>>><i> your output as the only addresses will be private anyway. Don't forget +</I>>><i> to disable the personal firewalls on the two Mandriva boxes. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> We are expecting nmap -sP 192.168.0.* to report 3 hosts; the two PCs +</I>>><i> and the router. If we don't see all three, then as suggested above we +</I>><i> +</I>><i> command terminal output: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> nmap -sP 192.168.0.* +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ... +</I>><i> Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1 +</I>><i> Host is up (0.00030s latency). +</I>><i> MAC Address: ... (broadband internet router) +</I>><i> Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.2 +</I>><i> Host is up (0.00016s latency). +</I>><i> MAC Address: ... (computer) +</I>><i> Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.3 +</I>><i> Host is up. +</I>><i> Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 31.54 seconds +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> need to look at the routing tables to make sure they are correctly +</I>>><i> set. Just enter "route" in a root console on each PC and post that +</I>>><i> output too. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> route command terminal output (note: personal firewall not disabled at +</I>><i> the time of writing): +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Kernel IP routing table +</I>><i> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use +</I>><i> Iface +</I>><i> 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0 eth1 +</I>><i> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 10 0 0 eth1 +</I>><i> loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo +</I>><i> default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 10 0 0 eth1 +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> The next step, if we need it, is to double-check the configured +</I>>><i> settings in the router. I hope you can access that from your +</I>>><i> browser;-) +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> yes +</I>><i> +</I></PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006651.html">[Mageia-discuss] home network using broadband router +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006653.html">[Mageia-discuss] home network using broadband router +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6652">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6652">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6652">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6652">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |