On 20150419_0852-0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20150419_0826-0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On 20150419_0830+0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:18:17 -0600 > > > Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > > > > > > > On 20150418_1905-0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > Quoting Paul E Condon (pecon...@mesanetworks.net): > > > > > > > > > > > I was running as pec or as root. I forget. Since doing that, I ############################################################################ snip ############################################################################ > > > > > >From what you have posted, I would imagine that big has come up as > > > > > 192.168.1.X where X is not 11. /sbin/ifconfig will tell you the IP > > > > > number of the machine it's run on. /usr/sbin/arp -n -a run on gq > > > > > (during or soon after you have talked to gq on big) will tell you > > > > > how gq sees big (recognised by its MAC address). > > > > > > > > On 'big' ifconfig gives: > > > > root@big:~# ifconfig > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:18:3d:95:16 > > > > inet addr:192.168.1.16 Bcast:192.168.1.255 > > > ^^ > > > In your previous mail (the one with your /etc/hosts) 'big' had > > > 192.168.1.11, and here it has .16 - edit your hosts files accordingly, > > > or set the address on 'big' back to .11 and you should be fine :) > > > > > > > I don't have a authoritative information as to whether or not these > > > > MAC addresses are correct. I'd like to know how to query each box and > > > > get the MAC address that it is actually using. I think we need that > > > > to go beyond pure theory and get to real practice. But how? Specific > > > > advice needed, please. > > > > > > The field "HWaddr" in the ifconfig output above gives you the MAC > > > address for that interface. > > > > > > > > How are you making sure that your router uses the IP numbers that > > > > > are in your hosts file? > > > > > > > > If I have been told how to make sure of this, I am too dense to > > > > realize it. Please, what tool or utility helps accomplish this? > > > > > > > > I await your reply anxiously ;-) > > > > > > On your router, depending on make and model, there is usually a page in > > > the web interface where you can map MAC addresses to IP addresses, if > > > the router assigns those via DHCP.
I am trying to setup DHCP assignment, but it doesn't seem to be working. Mostly the more things I try, the less things show up in the list of attached devices. I hope I can recover from this experiment. > > > > > > Sorry for butting in on your discussion like this, but I was up early :) > > Thanks, Petter. > > No need to be sorry. But this router only displays the information that > > it has observed. It offers no edit facility that I can find. We now know > > that there is a disagreement on the IPv4 address of 'big', but the router > > didn't cause the disagreement and is unwilling to help in fixing it. > > There is a 'refresh' button which is intended for use after one thinks > > the problem is fixed. Once I learn where to fix it I think I will change > > it to 192.168.1.10 which I have been using for several years until the > Should be > 192.168.1.11 > Oh well. Again a typo that makes a hash of what I really meant to say. > > > advent of Jessie. Now it is 12:50am here, and I am going to bed. > > > > Thanks again for finding the exact cause of the problem. > > Cheers, > > -- > -- > Paul E Condon > pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150419161858.gd7...@big.lan.gnu
