Home Network Connections

[David A. Bandel]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:35:51 -0700
Tom Lombardo <tlombardo at caserdoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I am trying to get my laptop, running RedHat Linux 8, to connect to my
> desktop, running Windows XP, both of which are attached to my Dell
> router.  The desktop is attached with a cable, and the laptop is 
> connected with a wireless card.

Please tell us the IP/netmask of each interface (router and systems)

> 
> I can ping the router from my laptop just fine, and I can connect to
> the Internet as well (thanks to Fourmun, who replied to an earlier
> post to this excellent newsgroup). 

Note:  XP has a "firewall" "feature" you may need to disable.  Sometimes
XP outsmarts itself.

> 
> But I can't get the laptop to connect to the desktop so I can back up
> files and use the printer.  I am using KDE and Konqueror, and I've
> gone through the LISa set-up.  The network's name is "earthfirst" and
> the router's name is "my.router" and the desktop's name is "DESKTOP". 
> When I type in "lan://earthfirst" or "lan://my.router" or
> "lan://DESKTOP" in Konqueror or in the terminal window command line,
> the laptop can't connect.  I mention all of this becuase I think it is
> relevant.

Let's get TCP working first.  NetBEUI is braindead and needs help, but
won't work at all if the TCP/IP stack/routing is hosed.

> 
> Also, the "route" command does not work in my Linux terminal window,
> so I can't check to see what the laptop sees. When I type "route man"
> in the terminal I get the manual page for "route", but when I try to
> run the "route" command I get a "bash: route: command not found"
> error.  This has happened to me before, where a command will show up
> in the manual but it won't run when I try to use it.  That seems weird
> to me.

Try running it as root or using a full path /sbin/route -n

> 
> If you have any suggestions as to how I can get my laptop to write
> files on the desktop and use the printer, I would be very grateful.
> 
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Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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