On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:58:50 -0700, Longman, Bill wrote: > This means that the machine you are on has no idea how to get to that host. > This probably means you need to add a default route to your machine. You > didn't tell us the topology, so it's really hard to tell you what to do > here, chief. If they are all on the same hub, they should all have the same > IP address range if they are all set up to use DHCP. No route to host would > be a most distressing error message if they are all on the same LAN and are > all using DHCP and are all using the same default router. There would be > something very wrong here if this were the case. > > In any event, this means that the FC1 machine has an IP address that is > outside the iBook's IP network. > > You need to use the "route" command to show the current routes on both > machines. You also need to use the "ifconfig" command to show the interface > settings on both machines. That's the first step, I'd say.
OK; I sent that to my usenet email account (the one that shows here, which isn't my main one for other email), one of whose virtues is that I can print it from my wife's desktop downstairs as well as up here -- lotsa reasons to get a LAN set up -- and will try your sugestions tomorrow, then report. Many many thanks! -- Beartooth Neo-Redneck, Linux Evangelist FC 1&4, YDL 4; Pine 4.63, Pan 0.14.2; Privoxy 3.0.3; Dillo 0.8.5, Opera 8.01, Firefox 1.0.4, Epiphany 1.0.8 Remember that I have little idea what I am talking about. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
