RE: home network problem - router is smarter than me
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: home network problem - router is smarter than me
>
> Hi,
>
> What follows is a very naive question regarding home networking. Any
> tips, even a pointer the most appropriate documentation, would be very
> helpful.
>
> I'd like to setup my desktop as a backup machine for my laptop.
However,
> I don't understand how my router works. I can access the router by
> browsing to 192.168.2.1, and under the devices I see entries for both
> computers, but the hostname and domainname for each is 'unknown'.
>
> When apache is configured to listen to all addresses, I can browse
> webpages on the desktop from the laptop by entering the IP address
> (192.168.2.11), but not the name (etch.mynetwork). On the desktop I
can
> ssh to the desktop (ie., ssh to itself) with ssh etch.mynetwork, but I
> can't connect from the laptop to the desktop:
>
> tyler-> ssh etch.mynetwork
> ssh: etch.mynetwork: Name or service not known
> tyler-> ssh 192.168.2.11
> ssh: connect to host 192.168.2.11 port 22: Connection refused
>
> I think I have to have something in the hosts file, but since the IP
> addresses are dynamically allocated, I don't know what I should do. I
> also don't know if there's a problem with the way my router is set, or
> why the desktop refuses to connect to the laptop via ssh.
>
> My router is a Siemens Speedstream 6520 and I'm running Lenny on both
> machines. Access to the internet is fine for both machines. When my
wife
> connects to the same router via wireless from her laptop (running XP)
it
> shows up on the router page, and both the hostname and domainname are
> correctly identified.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Tyler
>
> --
> Recording a pay-per-view broadcast to watch later will be illegal
under
> Bill C-61.
Do you have an ssh server running on your laptop? The connection refused
tells me that either you don't or it is running on a different port.
Take a look and see if you have a ssh server running/installed. If not,
the package I suggest you install is 'openssh-server'. If you do have it
installed, see what port it is running on `cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
grep -i port`
Have Fun!
~S~
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