sharing files between ubuntu computers

[Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)]

I took the liberty to summarize your two posts.

> The Landlord supplies wireless router connections.
> There are 3 such connections.

> intrepid computer:
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1a:73:43:7f:ed 
>           inet addr:192.168.1.151  Bcast:192.168.1.255
>           Mask:255.255.255.0

> jaunty computer:
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:f1:33:9f:58
>           inet addr:192.168.2.100  Bcast:192.168.2.255
>           Mask:255.255.255.0

The intrepid is on a 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, while the jaunty is on a
192.168.2.0/24 subnet. If your landlord doesn't have a routing between
the .1.0 and the .2.0 network, it won't work.

Now do the following: (give feedback to the mailing list on every step)

on INTREPID

route -n	-> find a line with destination 192.168.2.0 or 0.0.0.0. Take a
note of the corresponding gateway. This is the ip address of the router
that your intrepid connects to. It is probably 192.168.1.1.

on JAUNTY

route -n	-> find a line with destination 192.168.1.0 or 0.0.0.0. Take a
note of the corresponding gateway. This is the ip address of the router
that your jaunty connects to. It is probably 192.168.2.1.

on INTREPID

ping <intrepid-router-ip>     for example: ping 192.168.1.1
ping <jaunty-router-ip>       for example: ping 192.168.2.1
ping <jaunty-ip>              for example: ping 192.168.2.100

on JAUNTY

ping <jaunty-router-ip>       for example: ping 192.168.2.1
ping <intrepid-router-ip>     for example: ping 192.168.1.1
ping <intrepid-ip>            for example: ping 192.168.1.151

If all of this works, then your basic network configuration is OK. Then
we can troubleshoot other things.

If you can't ping from the intrepid to the jaunty-router or from the
jaunty to the intrepid-router, then your Landlord has disallowed (or
simply not configured) networking between the wireless routers




> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

> So  under lo I get 127.0.0.1 for both computers.  Seems like there's
> something odd about that.

No, that is 100% normal. You should be worried if there is no lo.
lo = local loopback. This is used to identify the current computer. It
is a virtual interface that should always be up. 127.0.0.1 is also known
as localhost.

-- 
Amedee

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