--- Marek Mahut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello William, > > William Shu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have secured a network cable (rj45 heads) to link a laptop > > directly to a desktop machine which has *no* access to a > > network. The desktop has TWO network cards and an rj11 > socket > > (for telephone). The heads of the network cable have been > > rewired so that a switch or hub is *not* used. The > technician > > tested the cable by pinging between 2 Windows XP machines, > but > > knows nothing of linux and unix-based machines. > Unfortunately, > > when I do a ping from laptop to desktop or vice-versa, I get > the > > message "Destination Host Unreachable" (See sample output > > below). > > > > (I know next to nothing about networks and so I hope the > > questions below still make sense!) > > > > QUESTION 1: How should I go about having the desired > > peer-to-peer connection, without trying to use an Internet > > Service Provider, or start managing a local area network. I > > understand linux is a "network operating system" and so > nothing > > special needs to be done. That is, the desired service (ftp, > > ssh, etc) is requested and used, if it is set up on both > > machines. > > If you are connected with a crossover-cable (or have a network > card that > support crossover simulation), you have to only setup IP > addresses of > the same local vlan. For example 192.168.0.1 for your desktop > interface > and 192.168.0.2 for your laptop. You should be able to ping > each other > without having a route.
Yes, this is what I think I did. Later, I will verify the connection. > > > QUESTTION 2: How can I install a wireless router on the > above > > desktop, which has a modem card, but must not be linked to > > either the telephone or the internet!. The router (a > TRENDnet > > TEW432BRP) has a windowsXP and requires: > > * A Web browser: Internet Explorer (5.0 or above) or > > netscape Navigator (4.7 or aove), > > * Computer With network adapter installed > > * Broadband internet > > * Installed cble or DSL modem (Statitc/Dynamic/PPPoE > > connection) > > What should be the purpose of this wireless router? To connect > the > laptop using wifi to your desktop? Yes, that is the idea. Different laptops in range should be able to connect without hassle. > > As Connie said, please provide us with the output of following > commands: > > # /sbin/route -va > # /sbin/ifconfig -a > # I will supply the information Connie and others requested after I must have tried out the suggestions of Paul. > > And also, drawing a schema of your idea of the network would > be useful. How you mean schema? a diagrammatic representation? a description? > If you're new to linux world, I recommend you good > documentation at > http://tldp.org/ -- it helped me a lot when I've started with > linux. > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > William. > > > > -----------------[ Sample output ]-------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ping tinysl50.doit > > PING tinysl50.doit (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=5 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > From hpsl50.doit (192.168.0.3) icmp_seq=6 Destination Host > > Unreachable > > > > --- tinysl50.doit ping statistics --- > > 8 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet > loss, > > time 7025ms > > , pipe 3 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /etc/hosts > > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > > # that require network functionality will fail. > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > hpsl50 > > ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > > 192.168.0.3 hpsl50.doit hpsl50 > > 192.168.0.1 doit doit > > 192.168.0.1 tinysl50.doit tinysl50.doit > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > > Regards, > > -- > Marek Mahut > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Astronomy/ > Fedora Project > http://www.jamendo.com/ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com
