On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 15:12 -0700, Lee Einer wrote:
> 
> Lee Einer wrote:
> 
> > I am still not getting it completely, please see notes and help if 
> > possible.
> >
> > Thanks! 
> 
> Additional info-
> 
> Manually starting exportfs Mepisbox:/home/lee gives the error message
> 
> Mepisbox has non-inet addr.
> 
> The address listed in /etc/host for Mepisbox is 192.168.0.101, verified 
> ad nauseum at the Mepisbox with ifconfig. I cannot ping this IP from the 
> Mandrake box, though- the first ping sends, then the rest come back 
> under 192.168.0.100 with the message "Destination host unreachable."
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kind an important detail...

on Mepisbox...
ifconfig

the first 2 lines should say something like below...

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          inet addr:192.168.1.101  Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0

the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 is significant.
the ip address  192.168.1.101 is significant.
the broadcast address would have to be 192.168.1.255 with that subnet
mask

on Mandrakebox

the first two lines should say something like below...

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0

the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 is significant.
the ip address  192.168.1.101 is significant.
the broadcast address would have to be 192.168.1.255 with that subnet
mask

VERIFY these and report any differences

If this is correct...

put into both computers /etc/hosts
192.168.1.100        Mandrakebox #or whatever name you fixed on
192.168.1.101        Mepisbox    #you seem to have settled on this name

Try pinging Mandrakebox from Mepisbox and vice versa

ping Mandrakebox #or whatever name you fixed on

ping Mepisbox

and if that has any errors, it can only be 3 things...

bad cables...does the 'hub/switch' show 'links' for both computers at
the same time?

bad hub/switch ? see above - cables known to be good - still no links

firewall blocking ping...

/etc/init.d/iptables stop
then try to ping again

/etc/init.d/iptables start #turns firewall back on

report back if any of that fails

Craig

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