So, these are static ip addresses? If so, then you need to run dhcpd on your server which is config'd via a file in /etc. Or, is your server running dhcpd and simply assigning the same address every time? In which case you're good to go. You'd merely ping 10.0.0.255 per the telnet instructions. Lorenzo Prince writes: > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net> > > The laptop is connected via a crossover cable to the server in a second > nic whose address is 10.1.1.1. The netmask for this nic is 255.255.255.0. > The address of my laptop is normally 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0. > However, this is configured by /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 on a slackware system I > currently have installed. The RH9 CD would naturally bypass this script. > > Lorenzo > > Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, white > light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. In > a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM > FOR THE 386. > -- Matt Welsh > > Janina Sajka staggered into view and mumbled: > > > Lorenzo Prince writes: > > > > > > laptop where I will be installing RH is connected to the server conputer. > > > > K. How? Over a cross-over cable? Via a hub? Does that laptop you want to > > install RH9 on connect to yourserver over TCP/IP? How? What address does > > it have? And what netmask? > > > > As you see, "connect" has many meanings. > > More details would help. > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
