hmmmmmm..... I can ssh from ubuntu to mint but when I try to go from mint to ubuntu it times out. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > 1- subnet- > Yep.... they're all on the same subnet > 2- ping- > mint to ubuntu- success! > mint to XP- success > XP to mint- success! > XP to Ubuntu- Success! > Ubuntu to Mint- Success! > Ubuntu to XP- Success! > Layer 3 is intact. > 3- telnet > mint to ubuntu- success! > mint to XP- success > XP to mint- success! > XP to Ubuntu- Success! > Ubuntu to Mint- Success! > Ubuntu to XP- Success! > Layer is intact. I couldn't figure out how to use telnet but it didn't > error out so I figure it is all good. > 4a- "start->run-> type "\\192.168.0.x\" and see if you can see shares. > They are seen. > 4b- mount -t cifs -o defaults,username=myuser //192.168.0.x/share_name > /tmp/cifs > the XP directory is mounts and lista in the ubuntu and mint computers but > when I go from the mint to ubuntu it refuses to accept my passwd. You > know.... I have no idea what the password is! I've never been able to > access the share. I suppose I could set it for Guest access but I don't > like that idea because what if I'm at starbucks and so,eome there hacks > into..... what would they have to do to get into my box before they see the > folders which allow guest access? I suppose it would be better to find out > why it won't accept my password! > Anyways: ip addr show is how I picked up the 5.5.8.1/21 . I am guessing > it has something to do with a VPN because as0t1 has something to do with > VPN. (I remember playing woth VPN for a day or two) > > bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ ip addr show > 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo > inet6 ::1/128 scope host > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state > UP qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:09:6b:78:ab:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet 192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0 > inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fe78:abf0/64 scope link > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > 3: as0t1: mtu 1500 qdisc > pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 200 > link/none > inet 5.5.8.1/21 brd 5.5.15.255 scope global as0t1 > bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > >> Cygwin won't give you ifconfig or ip tools (didn't years back at least), >> it'll still be "ipconfig /all" >> >> Look at the subnet mask there, should be 255.255.255.0. If they're all >> on the same switch/router, than they're in the same subnet. >> >> Can they ping each other's addresses? layer 3 is good >> Telnet to each other on port 445 "telnet 192.168.0.x 445" layer 4 is good >> From windoze, "start->run-> type "\\192.168.0.x\" and see if you can see >> shares. Try more specifically if you know the share name. >> >> If you want to test from linux back install smbfs packages (specifically >> for cifs) and mount as: >> >> mkdir /tmp/cifs >> mount -t cifs -o defaults,username=myuser //192.168.0.x/share_name >> /tmp/cifs >> >> Layer 5 and up should be good if you can do the last, otherwise figure >> out where in between the problem lies. Try in both directions too. It's >> more than likely with samba config, not the network. Though I'm not at all >> sure what that 5.5.6.1 address was you were looking at... >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On 03/14/2012 05:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> well, I figured I would d/l something so if you tell me how to do >>> something in *nix I wouldn't have to ask you how to do it in windows. So >>> I googled it and found 'cygwin'. so I install it and the first command I >>> type in I am DENIED! File not found it says. So what is the best unix >>> emulator for windows? 'ip addr show' is the command that wasn't found. >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: