Eberhard,
my complaint ("not easy") refers mainly to Ch 21.4 Basic Networking in
the SuSE documentation. It's really too long and complicated to set up
a simple LAN, and it asks to enter IP addresses but never mentions
ifconfig or ip commands to find them.
Regards, Robert
On Sunday 17 June 2007 19:34, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> we will help you to get along. Don't despair
Thanks. Please see below.
> Robert Best wrote:
> > Eberhard,
> > it is not easy.
> >
> > 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 !!!
> >>
> >> Hi Robert,
> >>
> >> Congratulations!!!
> >> It's easy, isn't it?
> >
> > No. Kenneth on this list learned me about the command ip a which is
> > not mentioned in O'Reilly's Nutshell or the SuSE manual. Ch 21,
> > Basic Networking in the Reference documentation should include info
> > about how to find unknown IP addresses of computers in a LAN.
>
> well, Kenneth's command works but I think, the more usual command for
> this is:
> /sbin/ifconfig
> This is surely documented in the Nutshell. And it is easy, I memorize
> it as i(NTER)f(ACE)config(URATION)
Yes, it covers two pages in the Nutshell.
> If you are root, a simple "ifconfig" works, as an ordinary user, you
> need /sbin/ifconfig
>
> >>> but only after tearing down the firewall
> >>
> >> on machine fam, I assume?
> >> That is ok, if your internet router acts as a firewall for your
> >> local network.
> >
> > It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall
> > capabilities.
>
> At least something is giving you the 192.168.x.x ip Adresses. If they
> come from your Speedtouch and it converts them to "real" Internet
> Adresses, this acts in fact as a router.
>
> >> If you feel better enabling the firewall on fam, you need to
> >> allow ssh traffic on port 22 as has already been said in another
> >> mail. You can do that easily with yast on machine fam.
> >
> > No. I can't find it in YaST2 / Security and Users / Firewall.
>
> Yes, you can: ;-)
>
> Yast2 / Security and Users / Firewall / Allowed Services (for
> External Zone) / Service to allow / choose SSH from the List / klick
> on Add
> And: you are done!!
Don't understand. I use fish (or sftp, not ssh) to transport files in
the LAN which I suppose is in Internal, not External Zone. Port 22 is
never mentioned in these zones.
I'd like to put the firewall between the LAN and the Internet.
Currently I pull out the phone line from the router when I disable a
Firewall.
> In case that there are more problems that you encounter or you have
> more questions, just do not hesitate to ask.
>
> This list has only one sole reason for existence: It is here to help
> people achieve what they are heading for!!!
I was amazed that so many people responded to my question. Thanks to
all!
> And Linux may not be easy, especially when you are beginning to
> explore it, but chances are, you will never ever regret it.
I use SuSE Linux since vs 8.2 and explore other distros on 3 other
partitions, but SuSE is my favorite.
> >> regards
> >> Eberhard
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Robert
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