>> >From server: >> >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use >> Iface >> 192.168.55.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 >> eth0 >> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo >> 0.0.0.0 192.168.55.4 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 >> eth0 >> >> >From laptop: >> >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use >> Iface >> *192.168.12.0 ** 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0* >> eth1 >> 169.254.0.0 ** 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0* >> eth1* >> 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 >> eth1 >> >> Rich, eth1 has 2 ip addresses, one of which is the autoconfiguration ip address (169.254.0.0)** **. This address only gets assigned when an interface does not have a static ip address configured and is unable to obtain an ip addr via DHCP.
Can you run "cat /etc/network/interfaces" and post the output? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
