On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 16:18 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 12/13/2008 03:29:06 PM, Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 15:08 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > > I'm unable to communicate locally on my very small -:) local > > network. > > > > > > There's a laptop with wired (192.168.10.2) and wireless > > (192.168.10.3) > > > connected to a NetGear router (192.168.10.1). As a consequence of > > these > > > two connections, I got NetworkManager when I installed F10. There > > have > > > been problems with NM in the past, but the setup seems to work > > fine. > > > > > > I'm attempting to add another system with a wireless connection. > > (As > > > > > 192.168.10.4) I was able to ping the new connection, but I couldn't > > get > > > beyond that. > > > > > > Same problems talking _locally_, viz: > > > > > > # telnet 127.0.0.1 > > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > > > > > > /var/log/messages: > > > Dec 13 14:59:25 mtranch ntpd[30481]: no servers reachable > > > Dec 13 14:59:53 mtranch ntpd[30481]: synchronized to 66.96.98.9, > > > stratum 2 > > > Dec 13 14:59:53 mtranch ntpd[30481]: time reset -0.336061 s > > > Dec 13 15:01:00 mtranch avahi-daemon[2364]: Joining mDNS multicast > > > group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.10.3. > > > Dec 13 15:01:00 mtranch avahi-daemon[2364]: IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP > > failed: > > > No buffer space available > > > > > > [nothing new from dmesg] > > > > > > This would all seem to point to OpenVPN, added because NM needs it. > > > Unfortunately F10 has v2.1 of OpenVPN and the doc that covers > > setting > > > up configuration (none supplied by the RPM) refers to v2.0 and > > mentions > > > key files that are not included in 2.1 > > > > > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? Other than rpm -e > > > NetworkManager? > > ---- > > lots of disconnected things here... > > > > telnet fails to connect probably because Fedora never installs telnet > > server by default - use ssh for that. > > > > seems as though ntpd reached the server (looks like a clock.redhat > > type > > address) > > > > avahi is for multicast and you probably don't need that so for now > > ignore it. > > > > openvpn for network manager, I'm assuming is an extension to allow > > you > > to use network manager to up/down VPN connections as a user which > > makes > > sense but isn't at all related to what you are trying to do. > > > > network manager is the desired product for most if not all wireless > > network connection management so don't remove it. > > > > If you can ping back and forth, between the two machines, what > > exactly > > Sigh! So much for my careful attempts to diagnose my problems! > > So, here's what I'm trying to do. I've set up a second box with a > wireless connection to my router. I can ping back and fourth. What I > want in the end is an NFS mount over the wireless connect. Is there an > incremental testing procedure (not telnet apparently!) or do I just > need to go and attempt to configure NFS? ---- why not just ssh between the boxes to ensure that you can authenticate and connect? Yes, I would probably not waste too much time (after ssh back and forth) and just install NFS Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
