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 > > > >
