Re: very simple lan question
this is the first time i've looked at my /etc/network/interfaces file
and everything is commented out. currently i configure my network
interfaces from /etc/init.d/network. if i set my network from
/etc/network/interfaces does this mean that i can remove
/etc/init.d/network? what is the preferred way of configuring the
network?
On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 04:38:53PM -0700, Aaron Maxwell wrote:
> Hi, I have two boxes (one woody, one potato) with ethernet cards,
> connected by a RJ45 cable. I'd like to be able to ssh/sftp betwixt them.
>
> [I admit I don't grok networking much yet (that's partly why I'm doing
> this, to learn). I've mainly been reading the Net-HOWTO and the man pages
> for ifconfig, if(up|down), route, and references therein; let me know if
> there's another FM I should RT.]
>
> I've given the two boxes, 'leper-messiah' [1] and 'yomama', which I've
> given addresses 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.1 resp; and I've edited
> /etc/hosts on each box appropriately. The file
> 'leper-messiah:/etc/network/interfaces' contains the stanza
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.0
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> The file 'yomama:/etc/network/interfaces' contains this stanza
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> I've gotten the eth0 interface working fine (I think) on both. For
> example, on yomama, 'ifconfig eth0' yields
> yomama:~# ifconfig eth0
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:47:A9:A1
> inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00
> I've enabled the appropriate services in /etc/services on both machines,
> I'm pretty certain, so I don't believe that's the problem.
>
> I tried various manipulations of the routing table, but they didn't seem
> to help. I'm not sure what other info is useful, so please ask.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Aaron
>
> [1] 'Leper Messiah' is an old Metallica song, from before they sucked.
>
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