D'oh!

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:53:37PM -0500, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Sorry, though I'm reluctant to draw a diagram (in a text editor then cut 
> & pasted into an email?). Everytime I try to make an email pretty (like, 
> say, tabbing entries in fstab lines so it is readable), it gets tossed 
> around by the mail apps until it looks worse. I can't imagine how a 
> diagram would come out - though I've seen people post good diagrams. Do 
> you guys cut & paste stuff made in vi or what? What about wrapping - 
> does that have to be played with? And, no, I don't know what I'm talking 
> about...

I use mutt with vim as my editor, so yes they are done in vi.

Whatever you use make sure you tell it your text is preformated and then
you can do everything.  Do not use tabs, only spaces.

> I have four computers:
> cpc (connected by usb to a printer which is shared),
> ppc,
> dpc, and
> bpc.
> 
> All four computers are attached to a router. The router is attached to 
> the cable modem. The cable modem is attached to, well, the Internet. 
> That's it. ppc, ppc, and bpc all print (vian cups) to cpc's printer.

OK, so why would any of your computers need more than one network
connection?  They all connect to the router, so there is no reason for
more than one connection on any of them is there?

What settings does the router give you via dhcp?
gateway of 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.254 or something else?
What range of IPs did you configure it to hand out via dhcp?

As long as your static setup uses the same gateway and dns as the router
hands out via dhcp and you pick a static ip that is outside the range it
hands out for dhcp, then things should work just fine.

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Len Sorensen
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