> > > Taking a different approach I did, > > ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.2.1 up > > and this worked; I can ping 192.168.2.1 from the directly connected laptop. > And, the kernel routing table has a route for that IP address on eth0. > However, ... I cannot access that IP address from firefox. > > What might I still be missing here? > > 192.168.2.1 is the router's IP address. you've added this same IP address to your computer's network interface, thereby creating an IP address conflict.
change this to 192.168.2.2 and you should be good to go. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
