All I can do on my small home network is ping other machines
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All I can do on my small home network is ping other machines
Hi, I have a problem with my small home network - basically due to my lack on knowledge.
I have connected my pc running knoppix (installed in the hd) and my powerbook running Mac OS 10.3 together via an 8 port ethernet hub. The Powerbook does not have a running firewall. The Knoppix box does have a firewall but with the appropriate ports (see below) left open.
Now with my very limited networking knowledge I have been able to determine the IP addresses of both machines and I can ping each machine (from the other) with 0% data loss. But that is it. I tried using FTP and SSH to try to connect to the other machine (in both directions) but have had no success.
This is basically down to my lack on knowledge, and I was wondering if more experienced users might be able to point me in the direction of some good online information about Linux networking (including FTP, SSH and NFS).
Originally posted by trickykid Well, in order to ftp to another machine or ssh into it, these services have to be running. Are they installed and running?
Hi trickykid, this exposes the limits of my knowledge as I don't know if they are running. How would I find that out?
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