what you may need to do is: route add default gw <your gateway> then ifconfig <interface, usually eth0> up <ip address> Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Noblick" <brunobrook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "speakup info" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: connecting via ssh > This may be a very basic question but I haven't figured out how to get ssh > to connect with my linux box. > > I tried to get my ip address but the information I got seemed to be only > valid for the local machine. I have a router to which all of my computers > are connected so I thought my addresses should be on a 192.168.1 > subnetwork but the only addresses I saw were on a 127.0 subnetwork. > > I used to know how to get this information for my windows box but I have > recycled a large number of brain cells since then and don't even remember > how to do that right now. Would I be able to just use a hostname? As a > footnote, I have given hostnames of trashcan, paperweight and boatanchor > to my computers. So what I am trying to do is connect my paperweight to > my trashcan, grin. > > As mentioned in the discussions earlier, I found a teraterm program and > thought I was telling it the right stuff but the closest I got was a > "connection refused" message from one address. All other guesses timed > out. > > Thanks much. > > Bruce Noblick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
