On 05/03/2012, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:33:07 +0000 > From: WALKER RICHARD <[email protected]> > To: Mageia general discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] home network using broadband router > > Hi, I'm no network expert but I have some practical experience with > home networks. > > The first thing I would do is check the IP addresses on your home > computers. Did you configure these yourself, or are you getting > addresses from a DHCP service on your router. The "ifconfig" command > issued on each machine should hopefully show you both/all machines > have addresses in the same network; likely possibilities are >
ip addresses were not configured > 192.168.0.? > 192.168.1.? Only each computer is seen, i.e. 'ifconfig' on computer A shows only the ip address for computer A and similarly for computer B. Both computers using mandriva. Both connected to the same netgear broadband router and both are able to connect to the internet. > 10.0.0.? > > If there is a DHCP service running on the router then the chances are > high that you can do what you want and perhaps you are being prevented > by firewalls on the computers themselves. > > Using the Mandriva Control Centre go to the Security panel and > double-click the "Personal firewall" option. While you are having > "fun" getting the net working it may be a good idea to disable the > firewalls by ticking the "Everything" box in the "Which services would > you like to allow the Internet to connect to?" list. > Both disabled and re-enabled; no effect. > Now you can try the nmap command to see what your computer can see. It > should already be installed but it's no more than a quick "urpmi nmap" > away. My net is using 192.168.0.? so here is the output I see from > nmap; > > [root@Tureen rich]# nmap -sP 192.168.0.* > > Starting Nmap 5.51.6 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-03-04 22:29 GMT > Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.101 > Host is up. > Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.116 > Host is up (0.000097s latency). Similar above visible in command terminal. > MAC Address: 00:19:DB:4E:A8:61 (Micro-star International CO.) no mac visible > Nmap scan report for gunn (192.168.0.128) > Host is up (0.00015s latency). visible > MAC Address: 00:10:4B:C3:BF:8C (3com) not visible > Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 10.44 seconds > Aren't there terminal commands available to achieve network functionality?
