On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 19:52 +0100, Victor Lazzarini wrote: > Thanks, I am now seeing my wireless router on > the machines and can ping other machines connected > to it. Wired internet seems to work (as far as ifconfig > and ping are concerned). > > Two questions: > > 1. How should I set my hostname and fix it to work > with DHCP?
The hostname isn't changed by NM because that breaks Xauth and stops you from being able to launch X apps. I'd say don't set a custom hostname; if you're using DHCP then you either (a) won't get the same IP address each time, or (b) you've set up the DHCP server to provide a "static" IP anyway. > 2. How do I add DNS servers? I had a look at the > obvious place, /etc/resolv.conf, but there is > comment saying that it should not be edited (although > the file was empty). Add these to your DHCP server's DNS server list. > and a third one: how do I set http proxies for the > browser? That is the only way they allow me out of the > lab network. I think yum should work fine through the > proxy once I have everything set up correctly with the > wired network. I think yum can be set up to use HTTP proxies in it's conf file. Dan > Thanks a lot for the assistance. > > Victor > > > > > On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 14:08 +0100, Victor Lazzarini wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Got the delivery of two B4 machines and joined the list > > > today. I am trying to test the system, so would like to > > > get some help. I am starting with networking; I have not > > > yet updated to the latest OS image, though. > > > > > > I got the two machines side by side. Shouldn't they see > > > each other in Sugar's neighboorhood? > > > > > > I opened the terminal and set them to the same essid but > > still no sign. > > > > Yes, iwconfig is incompatible with NetworkManager because > > iwconfig changes the parameters underneath NM. You also > > need an IP address before the two will talk, and when NM > > manages the connection, it'll do that for you > > automatically. > > > > If you connect them both to the same AP using the GUI, or > > you remove the saved network config bits in > > ~/.sugar/default/nm/networks and just start them up and > > wait a while, they will fall back to channel 1 and mesh > > with each other. > > > > Dan > > > > > Also, should they not see other AdHoc machines around > > > them (say other windows, linux, OSX). > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > Victor > > > Victor Lazzarini > > > Music Technology Laboratory > > > Music Department > > > National University of Ireland, Maynooth > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
