Well, I was afraid I was going on a bit, but anyway:
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Laptop:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
# They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
mapping hotplug
script grep
map wifi0
# The primary network interface
iface eth1 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.22
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
# wireless-* options are implemented by the wireless-tools package
wireless-mode managed
wireless-essid 8 Oak Way
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if
installed
dns-nameservers 80.84.64.20 80.84.72.20
dns-search acampbell.org.uk
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Desktop:
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.0.20
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
broadcast 192.168.0.255
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Note: although not configured here, if I do manually:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.20
I seem to be able to ping from laptop to desktop.
Anthony
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