On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:05 PM, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Nick for your patience. > > No I have always up to now only used IP addresses > All machines are on the same subnet > 169.254 etc > > here is the output from route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > ppp0 > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > ppp0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
169.254. etc is not a real IP address. It is one allocated by zeroconf or similar when you cannot get a real world ip address. Set them to 192.168.1.x > > I will look on the internet for information on dns > regards Chris Thomas > > On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 09:57 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: >> you would need a dns address if you wanted to access any other machine >> by name as opposed to ip address. if you are happy accessing via ip >> address it is not needed. >> >> do bear in mind some protocols do a dns lookup to see if the >> connecting machine is who it says it is (a reverse dns lookup) and if >> there is no dns available this can produce a long timeout delay. >> >> do you have a firewall on? >> >> what does traceroute tell you? >> >> are all machines on the same subnet (ie 192.168.n.x where n is a >> constant throughout your network and x varies per machine between 1 >> and 254. >> >> what does the routing table say? route -n is the command you want. >> >> (all this is why dhcp is often a useful protocol!) >> >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:47 AM, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > A further question please. >> > s there is no server involved, why would I need a DNS address, and where >> > would I get one? >> > Regards Chris T >> > On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 09:06 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: >> >> no difference between a router and a switch from this point of view. >> >> >> >> left click the network manager icon on the top panel >> >> >> >> click "manual configuration" >> >> >> >> "unlock" and fill in credentials >> >> >> >> click on the connection you want to fiddle with, click properties and >> >> unclick "roaming mode" >> >> >> >> fill in the gaps. >> >> >> >> you'll also need to provide dns addresses in the obvious places >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:54 PM, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Can anyone direct me to some information that can help me set up a LAN, >> >> > using static ip numbers with a switch, not a router? >> >> > >> >> > there is a heap of information using DHCP, and using routers, but I have >> >> > not been able to find anything using static numbers and a switch. >> >> > >> >> > this particular distro does not seem to like static ip numbers >> >> > Regards Chris T >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > >
