Re: need sd card backup on r-pi-3b
So this is on the rock64 or one of your pis? I thought the rock64 was
too experimental to be able to use apt. Raspbian or Debian?
On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 24 September 2017 11:59:57 Alan Corey wrote:
>
>> But what's the purpose of having the gateway fields in interfaces if
>> not to to be reliant on the routing table?
>>
>> But it's worth a shot, something like
>> route add default gw 192.168.71.1
>
> That was it!
>
> Now I've used apt to update 5 packages, and its now installing synaptic
> and all its 2nd and 3rd cousins. 112 megs worth. I did ask it to install
> xfce, but it couldn't find it. I'll try lxde next, but its entirely too
> simple. With xfce I can set up 4 workspaces/windows and the survive a
> reboot. You can add them in lxde, but they don't survive a reboot.
>
> Anyway, progress, sorta. I am going to put that command in rc.local just
> for S&G. Oh, oh, I had to create that file, does not bode well. But
> we'll find out I guess.
>
> Thanks Alan, a bunch. I owe you a cold one. :)
>
>> It's simple enough to undo it with
>> route del default
>> to take it back out if it doesn't work.
>>
>> I dunno, I haven't manually messed with routing tables in years. They
>> can be a bear on a laptop that gets moved between networks but since
>> I retired my laptop never goes anywhere. Gateway is one of the fields
>> handled by DHCP but it looks like you don't use that.
>>
>> Never liked DHCP much but I'm getting used to it since my phone (wifi
>> router) doesn't give me a choice. I set up machine names in
>> /etc/hostname and those become visible over the air. So I can ping,
>> ftp, ssh whatever upstairs, zero, hp but only as long as I keep my
>> phone bill paid and it all works.
>>
>> On 9/24/17, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
>> > On Sunday 24 September 2017 04:34:50 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> >> On 23/09/17 20:00, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'd suggest checking using traceroute -I and then looking at
>> >> route -n and/or ip route ls which should give you a bit more of
>> >> an indication of what's going on. IME this sort of thing is usually
>> >> because the router isn't NATting the entire 192.168.x.x range.
>> >
>> > As said before, traceroute is not installed.
>> >
>> > But I may have found a buglet.
>> >
>> > In the route -n output, no gateway has been assigned:
>> >
>> > root@rock64Sheldon:/etc/network/interfaces.d# route -n
>> > Kernel IP routing table
>> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>> > Use Iface
>> > 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 202 0
>> > 0 eth0
>> > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 202 0
>> > 0 eth0
>> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
>> > 0 eth0
>> >
>> > yet in /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0 it is:
>> > allow-hotplug eth0
>> > auto eth0
>> > iface eth0 inet static
>> > address 192.168.71.2/24
>> > gateway 192.168.71.1
>> > =============================
>> > Same stuff from the pi running jessie
>> > auto eth0
>> >
>> > # regular network for coyote.den
>> > iface eth0 inet static
>> > address 192.168.71.12
>> > netmask 255.255.255.0
>> > gateway 192.168.71.1
>> >
>> > And pi@picnc:~ $ route -n
>> > Kernel IP routing table
>> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
>> > Use Iface
>> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.71.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0
>> > 0 eth0
>> > 192.168.71.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0
>> > 0 eth0
>> >
>> > end of jessie version
>> >
>> > Of course its not going to work w/o a gateway, but wth?
>> >
>> > Need a coffee IV.
>> >
>> > Thanks Mark.
>> >
>> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>> > --
>> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>> > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> --
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>
>
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