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 > >> > > >> > > > > >
