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STILL cannot connect my 2 laptops!!


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I have had no clues from my last two posts on this very trying topic, which all the documentation I have read assures me is very simple! The cable is noted in /proc/bus/usb/devices and a driver for it in /proc/bus/usb/drivers.

 

When I reboot I get the following in the syslog:

 

Mar 22 22:05:50 navigation network: Setting network parameters: succeeded

Mar 22 22:05:50 navigation network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded

Mar 22 22:05:50 navigation ifup: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-usb: line 25: [: !=: unary operator expected

Mar 22 22:05:50 navigation ifup: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Broken pipe

Mar 22 22:05:50 navigation ifup: netmask: Host name lookup failure

Mar 22 22:05:51 navigation network: Bringing up interface usb0: succeeded

 

Although it succeeded in bringing up the interface there is clearly a problem here. Can anyone please tell me what it is?

 

John

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Well, here are the outputs:

 

[root@navigation family]# route -v

Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

 

[root@navigation family]# ifconfig

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:328 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:328 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:37909 (37.0 Kb) TX bytes:37909 (37.0 Kb)

 

[root@navigation family]# ifconfig domestic domestic: error fetching interface information: Device not found

[root@navigation family]#

 

Domestic is the name of the other machine. I do not think I have a gateway set as I did the bare minimum of configuration to keep it simple, and ignored internet access. When I can find the time and the enthusiasm I shall go back to square one, delete everything and start again. In the meantime if anyone can give me any helpful clues from these outputs I would be most grateful.

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  • 2 weeks later...
Guest tezca

seems your eth0 interface is not working

other wise youd gotten another set of info with ifconfig

 

ifconfig eth0

shold be the name of your primary adapter

ifconfig lo is just the name that your machine knows itself it is the loopback thats what the message is at boot what kind of ethercard do you have, you need a driver for it

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