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05-25-2005, 04:33 AM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location: UK
Distribution: Fedora Core 5/Arch Linux
Posts: 42
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Static IP's with LAN/WAN
Hi,
I at the moment have 2 Linux computers on my home network, one my laptop, one my desktop. They have both been working fine with DHCP assigned IPs, but i then have problems with port forwarding (my friend wants me to start learning php and loads of things, so i installed apache, mysql and php so he could see what I was up to :S... not fully working either, but thats a different problem) I then set up static IPs for both my machines. They were both set outside the DHCP range so it wouldnt get confused (192.168.1.70-71) for some unknown reason they had no networking... well... they did... they had as far as the router I have, but no further, I could ping the router and the other machine, but any external connections were refused
I still havent sorted out my desktop, but my laptop started working when I enabled IPv6 configuration (I was trying anything to get it working) That works fine now, my desktop, even with this enabled, has no external connections. The only thing I can do at the moment is use DHCP and change the port forwarding every time I boot my desktop... which isn't really ideal.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time
Nistur
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05-25-2005, 04:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: massachusetts
Distribution: debian 'sarge'
Posts: 8
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I know this isn't any help, but i'd love to hear someone reply. I'm having the same problem, except mine won't work with DHCP or static IPs, yet I can ping them internally.
How did you turn on IPv6?
Thanks...
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05-25-2005, 05:24 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: UK
Distribution: Fedora Core 5/Arch Linux
Posts: 42
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Hi, yeh, its quite annoying isnt it...
I am assuming its a software problem, though it may be my router, but as my laptop seems to be working i doubt it.
On Fedora, I have no idea because I have never used Debian, but under the gnome main menu, system settings, network, I can edit my interfaces, I can then, there allow IPv6 configuration. if the menu isnt the same on Debian, I guess it will be in a similar place... or you can use ifconfig, I would have to look up the exact command, but it is easy to find out:
man ifconfig
If that works then consider yourself lucky, mine wont :P
This is also the first help I have given anyone, so if it doesnt work, please be lenient when shouting at me
Any more suggestions are incredibly welcome
Thanks in advance
Nistur
Last edited by nistur; 05-25-2005 at 05:26 PM.
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05-25-2005, 06:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: massachusetts
Distribution: debian 'sarge'
Posts: 8
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Yea....
I hope your problem can be awnsered as easily as mine was.... Stupid me swapped a new ethernet card into the machine so it would be compatible with debian....
Long story short, it was as simple as registering the new mac address with my router which was using mac filtering for added security... man i suck ahaha
thank you for you help though
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