On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:36:49AM -0400, Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: > >What do you mean by "SEE"? You can't get on the network? You > >don't see it in Places-> Network? I'm going to assume the > >former, because 1) I never use the latter, and 2) you don't > >want to use "Windows networking" (aka Samba) anyway. > > By 'see' I mean, even though each machine can access resources on the > 'net, non can connect to and access LOCAL resources, despite all being > connected through the same router. On one machine I can see a window's > network icon, but I click on it and generate a permissions error, that I > don't have sufficient permissions to access those resources.
Odd. This could be an overly-officious router/switch. Can you ping from any one machine to any other? As root: ping -c 5 foo You should see, e.g.: r...@dragon:~# ping chaffee PING chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.11 ms 64 bytes from chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.21 ms 64 bytes from chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.27 ms 64 bytes from chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.44 ms 64 bytes from chaffee.localdomain (192.168.1.30): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.23 ms --- chaffee.localdomain ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4015ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.116/1.455/2.441/0.497 ms r...@dragon:~# If you see something like that, then it's probably not the router "shielding" local machines from each other. > > In suggestion I avoid Samba, are you indicating that NFS would work much > better? Samba has always, until now, worked well for me, but I am > willing to give NFS a shot. I really don't care which I use, as long as > I can enable sharing among these machines and establish remote access > and control that works too. > > >This sounds like a networking problem. Does your DHCP server > >have an entry for the spare machine? If not, I would use > >ifconfig and route to manually set up the spare machine > >(assuming this is a one-off job). First, on Ubuntu, take > >NetworkManager out and shoot it. > > On my router's web admin screen, it shows machines on my LAN, even > though those machines can't talk to each other. I have uninstalled > NetworkManager, even though it was working fine. > > >/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop > > > > > >Then, adjusting to suit your network: > > > >IF=eth0 > >ifconfig $IF 192.168.23.4 > > > >route del default > >route add default gw 192.168.23.31 > >route -n > > > >cat > /etc/resolv.conf <<EORES > >search localdomain > >nameserver 127.0.0.1 > >nameserver 192.168.23.30 > >nameserver 192.168.23.4 > >EORES > > > >ifconfig $IF > > Are these in a script, or just entered at the command prompt? I don't > mean to sound ignorant here, but I am not sure how to use these. > > >You should now be on the network. Ping a known good host by IP > >address to verify networking, then by host name to verify name lookup. > > > >Then use rsync, as Nicholas suggested, and *NOT* samba. > > > >Personally, I'd use finnix for this. Much faster boot time, > >and no NetworkManager to get in your way. > > Is 'finnix' then a replacement for NetworkManager? > > Scott > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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