[lug] local network

[D. Stimits]

Can I assume you are using ethernet cards, and not a modem? If so, this
indicates there is no ethernet card detected or configured.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

David wrote:
> 
>    scp is the best way, someone mentioned that. It does, however, require
>    sshd be running. If you are in a secure environment, where passwords
>    going across the net can't be snooped, try ftp. "man ftp". To find the
>    ip, have root do "ifconfig" (you need to know which network device is
>    used, probably eth0). You are interested in the "inet addr". Beware that
>    it is a bad idea to send passwords over the open Internet. If it is your
>    own private net, there isn't a lot to worry about.
> 
> Dan, Literally all I want to do is copy a bunch of files from one
> machine to another; the alternative is to transfer the disc itself to
> the other machine - and I may do that really soon!
> 
> I cannot get either machine to recognise the other.  One is running
> KRUD/RH7.0, which thereby may have some security protections enabled
> that are getting in the way; the other machine is running RH6.2.  I
> have the following /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts files, but I
> am missing something.  Is it a file such as a .hosts file, or is it
> some procedural thing?
> 
> Currently I am connected to my ISP and so ifconfig gives me the
> dynamic ip that the isp gave me, this is on the RH6.2 machine.  I
> cannot ping nor ftp from the KRUD machine using this address.  I get a
> "connect: Network is unreachable" message in each case.  I feel that
> this is a clue to what is wrong, although the actual task I want to
> carry out I should do offline using bogus ips.  One question is what
> bogus ips should I use; I seem to recall that there is a set of
> numbers reserved for local use.  Currently I am using 123.456.666.1
> and 2; ping gives me "unknown host"  with each number on each machine.
> 
> The physical connection is a machine-to-machine network cable plugged
> in to the network cards.  What should I have running so that the
> network is recognised?
> 
> sshd is running on the KRUD machine, not on the other; but security is
> not what I am concerned about.
> 
> RH6.2
> *****
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>           RX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> 
> ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>           inet addr:216.17.156.114  P-t-P:216.17.156.229  Mask:255.255.255.255
>           UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain           localhost
> 127.0.0.1       Bluebeard.Anthrax               Bluebeard  # on the net
> #123.456.666.2   Bluebeard.Anthrax               Bluebeard  # bogus local
> 
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=Bluebeard.Anthrax
> DOMAINNAME=Anthrax
> 
> KRUD
> ****
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
>           RX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:334 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain           localhost
> 123.456.666.1   RedNose.Anthrax                 RedNose
> 
> NETWORKING=yes
> HOSTNAME=RedNose.Anthrax
> DOMAINNAME=Anthrax
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