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Old compac armada M700: setting the network connection ??? I have a problem.
cre84j:
It's a network connection problem
On a very old laptop which is running Tinycore
A Pentium III
192 Mb ram, no HDD but a thumb drive only
TC boots up fine very fast slic and easy but after reading up on this through these forums and other documentation i have had no progress on sorting this out so am turning to you here at this forum for some input.
I have tried all sorts of things with setting up a network so i can get the machine on line and download one app to start with so i can put this system to work and find out how to operate Tiny Core and get the full experience maybe get it set up to do what i have in mind to use it for.
I have it connected to my netbook which is connected to the internet. there doesn't seem to be much chance of doing it any other way. I am using a peer to peer connection (xover cable). I pinged from one to the other lots of times from both machines.
I have the netbook's IP as 192.168.1.1 and it is also the Gateway because it has the internet connection and so figured that would be the route for the machine i have tinycore on to go out through.
I take the name servers from the 'resolv.conf' file on the netbook (it's running ubuntu) and put that in the Network setup on the TC machine (the old armada M700)
the TC machine (the old has the IP address of 192.168.1.2
this is how it looks on the tinycore machine (old compac notebook)
--- Code: ---etho
192.168.1.2 = IP
255.255.255.0 = network mask
192.168.1.255 = broadcast address
192.168.1.1 = gateway
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2 = name servers
--- End code ---
and this is how it looks on the netbook running ubuntu
--- Code: ---192.168.1.1 = IP
255.255.255.0 = network mask
192.168.1.255 = broadcast address
192.168.1.1 = gateway
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2 = name servers
--- End code ---
well it seems very straightforward but am not getting the ping to work although the netbook instantly responds when i plug the cable into it and also the light is showing at the socket on the compaq. the cable seems OK.
If you can help or have a suggestion that would be apreciated as i have been trying to get this happening for some time now. thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
tinypoodle:
'etho' is wrong, I'd guess that should be 'eth0'
cre84j:
Yes sorry that is a typo
I have
--- Code: ---eth0
--- End code ---
it's set there by default anyway so didn't have to change that
curaga:
Please post the output of "ifconfig -a" on the TC laptop. Also check whether there's a firewall stopping you on the Ubuntu comp.
cre84j:
decided to post the ifconfic -a reply here now but will need to do some research on the firewall before i can tell you anything. Is it something to do with the ports i should be researching concerning the firewall?
this is the result from the ifconfig -a
--- Code: ---dummy Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:BB:3C:FE:DD:1C
BROADCAST NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrierr:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:B0:55:14:DD:77
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrierr:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrierr:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:600 (600.0 B) TX bytes:600 (600.0 B)
--- End code ---
I typed this out but checked it for typo's and am fairly sure it is as was on screen. Well i checkd and double checked it and am sure it is true to what is on screen on the TC machine.
I'll look into the firewall now but look out for anything you post back here in the meantime, thanks for the prompt reply I really appreciate it.
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