--- Marek Mahut <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello William,
> 
> William Shu wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have secured a network cable (rj45 heads) to link a laptop
> > directly to a desktop machine which has *no* access to a
> > network. The desktop has TWO network cards and an rj11
> socket
> > (for telephone). The heads of the network cable have been
> > rewired so that a switch or hub is *not* used. The
> technician
> > tested the cable by pinging between 2 Windows XP machines,
> but
> > knows nothing of linux and unix-based machines.
> Unfortunately,
> > when I do a ping from laptop to desktop or vice-versa, I get
> the
> > message "Destination Host Unreachable" (See sample output
> > below).
> > 
> > (I know next to nothing about networks and so I hope the
> > questions below still make sense!)
> > 
> > QUESTION 1: How should I go about having the desired
> > peer-to-peer connection, without trying to use an Internet
> > Service Provider, or start managing a local area network. I
> > understand linux is a "network operating system" and so
> nothing
> > special needs to be done. That is, the desired service (ftp,
> > ssh, etc) is requested and used, if it is set up on both
> > machines.
> 
> If you are connected with a crossover-cable (or have a network
> card that 
> support crossover simulation), you have to only setup IP
> addresses of 
> the same local vlan. For example 192.168.0.1 for your desktop
> interface 
> and 192.168.0.2 for your laptop. You should be able to ping
> each other 
> without having a route.

Yes, this is what I think I did. Later, I will verify the
connection.

> 
> > QUESTTION 2: How can I install a wireless router on the
> above
> > desktop,  which has a modem card, but must not be linked to
> > either the telephone or the internet!. The router (a
> TRENDnet
> > TEW432BRP) has a windowsXP and requires:
> >     * A Web browser: Internet Explorer (5.0 or above) or
> > netscape Navigator (4.7 or aove),
> >     * Computer With network adapter installed
> >     * Broadband internet
> >     * Installed cble or DSL modem (Statitc/Dynamic/PPPoE
> > connection)
> 
> What should be the purpose of this wireless router? To connect
> the 
> laptop using wifi to your desktop?

Yes, that is the idea. Different laptops in range should be able
to connect without hassle.

> 
> As Connie said, please provide us with the output of following
> commands:
> 
> # /sbin/route -va
> # /sbin/ifconfig -a
> #

I will supply the information Connie and others requested after
I must have tried out the suggestions of Paul.

> 
> And also, drawing a schema of your idea of the network would
> be useful. 

How you mean schema? a diagrammatic representation? a
description?

> If you're new to linux world, I recommend you good
> documentation at 
> http://tldp.org/ -- it helped me a lot when I've started with
> linux.
> 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > William.
> > 
> > -----------------[ Sample output ]--------------------
> > [wss@hpsl50 ~]$ ping tinysl50.doit
> > PING tinysl50.doit (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=5 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=6 Destination Host
> > Unreachable
> > 
> > --- tinysl50.doit ping statistics ---
> > 8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet
> loss,
> > time 7025ms
> > , pipe 3
> > 
> > 
> > [wss@hpsl50 ~]$ cat /etc/hosts
> > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> > # that require network functionality will fail.
> > 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost      
> hpsl50
> > ::1     localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
> > 192.168.0.3     hpsl50.doit     hpsl50
> > 192.168.0.1     doit    doit
> > 192.168.0.1     tinysl50.doit   tinysl50.doit
> > [wss@hpsl50 ~]$ 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Marek Mahut              
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Astronomy/
> Fedora Project                                  
> http://www.jamendo.com/
> 
> 



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