Re: Not able to ping other pcs in LAN.
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:47:19 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 09:30:43AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:57:55 +0000
> > mailinglists.accustom994@aleeas.com wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry I didn't mentioned output in my previous mail. This is
> > > output I get when I ping other machine:
> > >
> > > ping: [hostname].local: Name or service not known. where
> > > [hostname] is a placeholder.
> >
> > No, no. Please show us *exactly* what you see, by copying from the
> > terminal [...]
>
> I think by now it is quite probable that the OP is using mDNS and
> that is not working. I'd suggest first checking whether there is
> any link layer connectivity at all.
>
> To the OP: please show us the output of the commands "ip addr show"
> and "ip link show".
>
>
That is the first step. I don't know how the installer works nowadays,
but I recall that long ago, if a non-expert installation didn't find a
DHCP server, it didn't install networking beyond localhost. So let's be
sure that networking is actually there first.
--
Joe
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