On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Mohan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > It seems, Vista don't want to connect with Ubuntu. Here is what happend, > > My collegue have Dell Inspiron preinstalled with Vista, Before he bought > his laptop, he used my system. So he wanted to transfer his files from > my system to his system. This is how we went. > > 1. Bought a crossover-cable and connected two laptops. > 2. Both systems started dhcp request, Ubuntu settled with creating one > more ethernet interface 'eth0:avahi'. > 3. Vista created a connection called 'unidentified network'. > 4. I manually configured eth0 using the below command in ubuntu, > > $ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 > $ sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.2 > > 5. In vista I went to ipv4 properties and manually added 192.168.1.4 as > ip address as well as gateway. > > 6. At last I tried to ping each other, Vista is able to ping > 192.168.1.2. But Ubuntu was not able to ping, even 'destination host > unreachable' message not appeared. But `arp -a` showed his machine's MAC > address correctly(I'm not able to recreate the situation, my friend is > in bangalore now, Sorry for not pasting the output). >
The network is available. Just go ahead and do the file transfer as you intended to do it. Lack of response from vista for your pings is irrelevant. Most likely its vista's default setting to ignore ping requests. regds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
