No, netconfig is a simple initial-setup network config program that simply lets you select between NetworkManager, DHCP (using inet1) and static IP (also using inet1). This post is way beyond that.

I'm stil no closer to knowing why my Linux hosts can connect to Linux host 192.168.0.22 wireless, but the Windows 7 host cannot.

I did change the IP on the Linux wireless host to something different: 192.168.0.50. I did this as a manually assigned IP from the ASUS router (DHCP server), and ... the Windows box was able to connect!

So ... I removed the manual IP assignment from the router and put a static IP of 192.168.0.8 in the rc.inet1.conf file for the wireless Linux host, gateway: 192.168.0.1. That worked too. I could ssh with putty from the Windows 7 computer. Finally, I put everything back the way it was with the Linux wireless soliciting an IP from the router DHCP server. As expected, it assigned it to 192.168.0.22. Not expected, the Windows 7 computer could connect!!!!!

I have no idea what's going on. I have not been able to connect to this host from the Windows 7 computer since I made this post. I have not rebooted the WIN7 computer. As far as I can tell everything is the same, network-wise. I have no idea why it is working now, and it may stop working again!

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