Re: Txt field for the subdomain
Steve Holdoway wrote: what do you mean by subdomain?? Sorry Steve, I wasn't very helpful with my question was it?! See: http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc.html They don't have an instruction manual, only a fairly low level wiki. I'm helping the project by writing a user manual for the shared hosting features. I'm just working on the screen that lets site owners set up sub domains. I use v=spf1 a mx ~all on my domain, and implement domainkeys as well. The only way to guarantee mail delivery to yahoo/xtra. Yip, I looked at your domain. I see what you've done. Confess I don't understand why. you'll need to read up on spf/dk first tho. Yip, There's a few things I'm learning about DNS today as a result of trying to write a manual. Cheers Don -- Don Gould 31 Acheson Ave, Mairehau, Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 348 7235 or + 64 21 114 0699 www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz
Re: iptables...
On Sat 22 Nov 2008 18:11:28 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does anyone have any simple rules out there to enable the following: eth0 local eth1 dmz eth2 internet all local can see dmz and internet all dmz can see only internet My personal incantations are pfsense (though that's pf, not iptables) and SuSEfirewall2. Both generate the nitty-gritty from the policy I specify. I've never quite understood why anyone would go out to program in a low level when the same job can be achieved easier and more reliably with a higher language. There are several other firewall rule generators available. If you really have to have the iptables dirt, examine the output of a rule generator. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: iptables...
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: specify. I've never quite understood why anyone would go out to program in a low level when the same job can be achieved easier and more reliably with a higher language. There are several other firewall rule generators available. If you want to learn how something works, programming at a low level is a great thing to do. If you want to be productive, especially in terms of the amount of time invested in a project, high-level programming is the way to go. So, for firewalling, a business should generally be using a generator of some kind, and never look at the details. A hobbyist would generally benefit greatly from creating rules by hand -- accepting that they will miss out on a lot of the subtelty that a generator will handle. You're both right :-) -jim
Re: ubuntu 8.04
I'm a little puzzled by your email and it seems to me that more info is needed. Do you have a bunch of computers you want to network and so are interested in setting up a (static) numbering scheme? Presumably those computers do not connect to the internet, because if they do there must be a router of some sort between your network and the internet. Is it that you have a single computer that you're having trouble assigning a static IP address to and the others are quite happy and get their IP address from somewhere? Hopefully you're not thinking that your switch is going to be helping you assign numbers or is somehow relevant, as essentially it is just a place where your ethernet cables terminate, it's just a matter of having a valid numbering scheme. Cheers, Roger chris 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
Re: iptables...
On Sun 23 Nov 2008 07:57:59 NZDT +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote: If you want to learn how something works, programming at a low level is a great thing to do. If you want to be productive, especially in terms of the amount of time invested in a project, high-level programming is the way to go. Yes to both. But if I wanted to learn assembler, I'd look at the output created by the compiler[1] (apart from of course other programming examples), and I still would use a compiler to generate the assembler code, unless I had specific and extremely good reason not to. And I know Steve doesn't need to learn iptables any more :) But I just remembered that I was playing once with networks and had to hook up a box through a spare interface of another box, hence basic routing was needed. Mind this was for functionality, not to achieve any security, so the code I saved from that is not firewall-suitable by itself. One would need to add a third interface, suitable packet paths, and appropriate rules on each interface for Steve's problem. Keep in mind that large parts of iptables only work after the appropriate modules have been loaded. Have fun[2]. Volker [1] Something I do sometimes to check how good the code is which is generated by a compiler for an embedded system. [2] INTIF=eth0 EXTIF=eth1 ifconfig /dev/null $INTIF # will exit !=0 with set -e ifconfig /dev/null $EXTIF /sbin/modprobe ip_tables /sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack /sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp /sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_tftp /sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_irc /sbin/modprobe iptable_nat /sbin/modprobe ip_nat_ftp /sbin/modprobe ip_nat_tftp echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT iptables -F INPUT iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT iptables -F OUTPUT iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT iptables -F FORWARD iptables -t nat -F iptables -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF \ -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $EXTIF -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $EXTIF \ -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $INTIF -j MASQUERADE iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j MASQUERADE -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: ubuntu 8.04
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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
Sorry, Lack of experience on my part. I have 4 computers, including a laptop. Each is running 8.04. 2 are dual boot. only 2 of the computers are connected to the Internet. The connection is by individual modem. However they are also in separate areas of the house. I have a need to install a lan for purposes of updating various data files, which up to now has been done by usb key etc. I was given a edimax fast ethernet switch, and a bunch of cat5 cables. All the printers access the two printers, so far with no problems. So I have seven cables going into the switch what I cannot do is get the computers to talk to each other. I have set them all to static ip address following the outline given on the Ubuntu website. so far no luck. As there is not a server involved, there is no DHCP or need for one as far as I can understand. Hope this clarifies things for you Regards Chris T On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 08:16 +1300, Roger Searle wrote: I'm a little puzzled by your email and it seems to me that more info is needed. Do you have a bunch of computers you want to network and so are interested in setting up a (static) numbering scheme? Presumably those computers do not connect to the internet, because if they do there must be a router of some sort between your network and the internet. Is it that you have a single computer that you're having trouble assigning a static IP address to and the others are quite happy and get their IP address from somewhere? Hopefully you're not thinking that your switch is going to be helping you assign numbers or is somehow relevant, as essentially it is just a place where your ethernet cables terminate, it's just a matter of having a valid numbering scheme. Cheers, Roger chris 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
Hi Nick, this is what I have done, with no result. the network is working, as I can access the printers via swiftweasel, but I cannot get the computers to talk to each other. I obtained the ip address for the cards using a combination of ifconfig, under Ubuntu, and ipconfig under xp. Nor can I ping the other computers. unfortunately, I am now at the end of my limited knowledge. regards Chris Thomas 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
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 RefUse Iface 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 ppp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
Apologies Nick I have turned off the firewall whilst I try to get things working ufw -disable regards Chris t 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
I recommend that you use a non-routeable subnet that doesn't have weird meanings for microsoft. For example ( as Nick suggested ) 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254 use a netmask of 255.255.255.0 Sharing computers does require more than just putting them on a common network. One machine needs to publish resources before another can use them. If you're sharing data, then you need to share a disk on one machine before you can see and use it on another. In the situation you're describing, I'd probably install samba somewhere and join all your computers into a common workgroup to make things a bit easier. Using a DNS server on your network will allow you to name your computers, rather than having to use these weird numbers instead. hth, Steve On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:21 +1300 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 RefUse Iface 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 ppp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 -- Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ubuntu 8.04
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 RefUse Iface 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recommend that you use a non-routeable subnet that doesn't have weird meanings for microsoft. For example ( as Nick suggested ) 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254 use a netmask of 255.255.255.0 Sharing computers does require more than just putting them on a common network. One machine needs to publish resources before another can use them. yes but ping should work, and doesn't! If you're sharing data, then you need to share a disk on one machine before you can see and use it on another. In the situation you're describing, I'd probably install samba somewhere and join all your computers into a common workgroup to make things a bit easier. Using a DNS server on your network will allow you to name your computers, rather than having to use these weird numbers instead. hth, Steve On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:21 +1300 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 RefUse Iface 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 ppp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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 -- Steve Holdoway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ubuntu 8.04
many thanks to all for you kindness and help. I have samba installed, but only with default settings as I wouldn't know where to start. disk sharing is enabled with with the common partition on all machines. could you point me to where I would look for information on installing a simple dns server on my main machine? I will alter the ip numbers as you and Nick have suggested and have a play later to see what happens. Again many thanks Chris Thomas On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 10:26 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: I recommend that you use a non-routeable subnet that doesn't have weird meanings for microsoft. For example ( as Nick suggested ) 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254 use a netmask of 255.255.255.0 Sharing computers does require more than just putting them on a common network. One machine needs to publish resources before another can use them. If you're sharing data, then you need to share a disk on one machine before you can see and use it on another. In the situation you're describing, I'd probably install samba somewhere and join all your computers into a common workgroup to make things a bit easier. Using a DNS server on your network will allow you to name your computers, rather than having to use these weird numbers instead. hth, Steve On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:21 +1300 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 RefUse Iface 218.101.58.65 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 00 eth0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 00 ppp0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:39 PM, chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: many thanks to all for you kindness and help. I have samba installed, but only with default settings as I wouldn't know where to start. disk sharing is enabled with with the common partition on all machines. could you point me to where I would look for information on installing a simple dns server on my main machine? I will alter the ip numbers as you and Nick have suggested and have a play later to see what happens. get it to the point where ping works before futzing around with other services. if basic networking isn't working then there is no point in the other services
Re: ubuntu 8.04 Now solved
Many Thanks to you Nick, and Steve, for your assistance. I changed the ip address's in my two main machines, to what you and Steve suggested, and everything sprang to life. I will alter the address's on the other machines later today. for now problem solved. The issue was my lack of understanding that zeroconfig did not return real world address, and the peculiarities of Mr Gates' weird offerings. I can see a need for a DNS server, and will pursue that path over the next month or so. Any recommendations for where to look for the basic knowledge would be appreciated. many thanks gentlemen regards Chris Thomas On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 16:36 -0500, Nick Rout wrote: 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
Re: ubuntu 8.04
Thank you Nick, Yes I have ping working, and have changed the IP numbers as you suggested. Our emails have crossed Thank you for you tolerance, help and patience Regards Chris Thomas On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 17:46 -0500, Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:39 PM, chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: many thanks to all for you kindness and help. I have samba installed, but only with default settings as I wouldn't know where to start. disk sharing is enabled with with the common partition on all machines. could you point me to where I would look for information on installing a simple dns server on my main machine? I will alter the ip numbers as you and Nick have suggested and have a play later to see what happens. get it to the point where ping works before futzing around with other services. if basic networking isn't working then there is no point in the other services
Re: ubuntu 8.04
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 If all these machines are running zeroconf, and there is no DHCP server active, then they will probably already have given themselves link-local addresses and names. As Nick says, the IP addresses will be something like 169.154.x.y Whether you use DHCP, static addressing, or zeroconf, the machines should be reachable by name where the names will be hostname.local E.g. machine1.local laptop.local etc. No DNS server should be required. regards Eliot
