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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

I still cannot access my laptop computer with IE (on address line I put 
192.168.1.46 - and got a 'not found').  What am I doing wrong?

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, sindi keesan wrote:



> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, James Miller wrote:
>
> > I think you've gone about this fundamentally wrong. It sounds like this
> > router you've plugged into runs a dhcp server. That's what
> >
> > > info, Lease of 192.168.1.46 obtained, lease time 86400
> >
> > means to me, anyway. That means you don't need to ifconfig anything--udhcp
> > is doing that for you. I think you took an unecessary step by doing
> Yes, this time we did ifconfig and we could not go online, but I did
> udhcpc and it worked.  \
>
>
>
>
> > > then ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1>
> This seems to be unnecessary but it did not hurt.
> > Adding that address before eth0 gets assigned an address by the router
> > (which is 192,168,1,46, btw) is only going to foul things up. Reboot,
> > run the pcmcia start script, then run udhcpc. That's it. Don't ifconfig
> > anything. Then, you should be able to run httpd from whatever directory
> > and, having made note of the address the router assigned you (like
> > "info, Lease of 192.168.1.46 obtained, lease time 86400"), try accessing
> > that address from the XP machine. The other way to try this is to use
> I tried to access my computer as 192.168.1.1 and got the DSL provider
> instead.  Jim just took over the laptop computer so I can't try using
> httpd.  Maybe next week I can try again.
>  >
>  the samba client package Steven put together. You can access the XP's
> > filesystem that way if you know its IP address. I tested this package
> I was told the IP address for the machine (the friend's name plus a
> number)
> > and succeeded transferring to and from an XP machine, so it will work.
> > You'll have to search the archives for particulars though. I posted all
> > my testing info there, but don't remember much of it off the top of my
> > head. You should be able to find fairly comprehensive directions, if you
> > want to go that route rather than the httpd route.
> httpd sounds simpler, once I get the correct number.
> > > Ping 192.168.1.46 works, as does pinging my own computer.
> >
> > You're pinging yourself.
> I could also ping 192.168.1.1 - what was I pinging then?
> > > I have not been able to use IE to access 192.168.1.1 - it got me to
> > > some other website.
>
> > That's probably the router's admin panel. Usually you can admin these
> > firewall/routers via a web interface. They run a little webserver you
> > have to log into using your web browser to do admin stuff.
> It was the name of the DSL provider and something about a profile and
> password.  I don't want to fiddle with someone's DSL connection.
>
> > > To access the DSL line I only needed to plug in the cable between my
> > > laptop and the ethernet hub, /etc/pcmcia/start, ifconfig eth0
> > > 192.168.1.1 (or udhcpc might have been enough), and I was then on the
> > > network just as if I had dialed.
>
> > > > > For the ethernet connection to the DSL modem, we would >use the
> > > > > static IP number of this computer, right?  Is there also some way to
> > > > > do
> >
> > Most networks run a dhcp server, so forget in general about ifconfig'ing.
> > Always try running udhcpc first. If that doesn't get you an address
> > assigned from a dhcp server on the network, then try ifconfig'ing.
>
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