But I would also like to be able to communicate with my wireless laptop to
my Linux boxes and visa-versa.
What sort of communication between wireless laptop and linux boxes did you
have in mind?
Is the laptop windows, and can it surf the net using the highspeed dlink?
If the above line is true, then you should be able to ping between the
wireless laptop and the linux boxes already, as well as use http or ftp to
transfer files between them.
Of course, the laptop will also have to have an IP that is within the
netrange of the linux boxes. If your linux boxes are 192.168.0.x/255.255.0.0
then your laptop should also be that.
Also, if it's not already installed, you can install and set up 'samba'
which will provide windows shared folders server and clients.
You can also email files from one computer to the other if all else fails
[grin]
-Jesse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin" <martinh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jesse Gordon" <jesseg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: Linux box to D-Link router/bridge/access connection question
Thank you very much. I was able to communicate to the D-Link from my Linux
boxes and get out to the high speed Internet from my Linux boxes.
BTW, my Linux boxes are running RH9.
But I would also like to be able to communicate with my wireless laptop to
my Linux boxes and visa-versa.
What additional config do I need to do and where?
Thank you.
-Martin
Jesse Gordon wrote:
Two questions:
1) How can I get my linux boxes to see and communicate properly with my
D-Link router?
D-Link's usually have a netmask of 255.255.255.0 -- and an IP of
192.168.0.1, and since your linux boxes are 192.168.1.x, they are outside
of the netmask range and the dlink ignores them.
Set the LAN netmask on the dlink to 255.255.0.0, or change it's IP to
192.168.1.1, or change your linux boxes to 192.168.0.x..
Also, the dlinks default to have a DHCP server running on them -- so you
could set your linux boxes to use DHCP to autoconfigure an IP, but then
you wouldn't always know what IP they would be. (They would probably
start at around 192.168.0.100 or so.)(To try dhcp, just type dhcpcd and
press enter and wait. dhcpcd stands for "Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol Client Daemon. dhcpcd requests to be assigned an IP, netmask,
default gateway, and DNS from the dlink.)
2) My linux boxes were using a dialup modem serial port to connect to
the Internet. How can I change my connection from using the dialup modem
to now go through the router to access the high speed connection?
After changing the IP or netmask as above, just set your default route to
be 192.168.0.1 (or whatever you set the LAN ip to on the dlink.)
I don't know what distro you use, so I don't know which network
configuration utility you would use, but to test it, you could type these
on one of the linux boxes:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.0.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1
Of course you might type route -n (then press the ENTER key) to make sure
there isn't already a default route.
You'll also need to set up a DNS server IP. You can use whatever network
configuration tool you have or like, or you may be able to just edit
/etc/resolv.conf and add the line:
nameserver 192.168.0.1
before any other 'nameserver' lines.
Hope this helps.
-Jesse
----- Original Message ----- From: <martinh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <martinh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:00 AM
Subject: Linux box to D-Link router/bridge/access connection question
I just got a D-Link wireless router connected to high speed Internet
access via a cable modem.
I have a Windoze XP laptop with wireless network card that communicates
properly with the wireless router and I can make a high speed Internet
connection.
My linux box1 is connected into port two of the router.
My linux box2 is connected to port 3.
My two linux boxes can see each other connected into the ports of the
wireless router.
But I can not get my linux boxes to see the D-Link router!
D-Link address is 192.168.0.1
My linux boxes are 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.50
Two questions:
1) How can I get my linux boxes to see and communicate properly with my
D-Link router?
2) My linux boxes were using a dialup modem serial port to connect to
the Internet. How can I change my connection from using the dialup modem
to now go through the router to access the high speed connection?
Thank you for you help.
-Martin
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