On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 10:52 +0100, Robert Best wrote: > Eberhard, > it is not easy. >
As in all things it is easy once you know how. > On Saturday 16 June 2007 17:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote: > > Robert Best wrote: > > > rwb:~> ip a > > > 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,10000> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue > > > ...... > > > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc > > > ...... > > > inet 192.168.1.65/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 > > > ...... > > > > > > fam:~> ip a > > > ...... > > > inet 192.168.1.64/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 > > > with 64 instead of 65. > > > > > > rwb:~> ping 192.168.1.64 > > > sends and receives packets > > > > > > fish://192.168.1.64 > > > works !!! > > For a simple lan use the file /etc/hosts to define your PCs. # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname First column has the IP address of the PC, the second column has the full name and the third is the short/alias name. In your case the lines would look like: 192.168.1.64 fam.homelan.com fam 192.168.1.65 rwb.homelan.com rwb The domain homelan.com can be different and is only used as an example. Your install will have something different by default. Also check the file /etc/nsswitch.conf for a line that starts with hosts: and make sure it looks like this: hosts: files This will make sure the the PC uses the /etc/hosts file for local name resolution. Form any changes made to the /etc/hosts file they are automatically used without restarting anything or rebooting. If you still have problems let us know. As far as the ADSL Speedtouch it should suffice as a firewall for you. Good luck, -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
