On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, 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.
>
> 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)
>
>
> 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 ~]$

What does

 	route -v

show?

Is the network up on tiny.

   ifconfig -a

will show status.

-Connie Sieh

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