Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (6210 mails)

[Toshi Esumi <suse_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 16:38 -0600, Donald D Henson wrote:
> My local network is Ethernet and is implemented with a Linksys router
> switch. The router switch connects to the cable via a cable modem. I've
> loaded SUSE 10.0 on a non-critical laptop. The laptop connects to my lan
> via a PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet card. (If you need any technical details,
> let me know.) At this point, everything is hard wired.
<snip>
> -- 
> Donald D. Henson, Managing Director
> West El Paso Information Network
> The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
> 
My question/suggestion is the same as Bruce's but from different angle.
The key to your situation is Linksys config.

Obviously, the Linksys gets a public IP address assigned by your ISP and
provides NAT. And DHCP server running on the Linksys provides private IP
addresses to your PCs:192.168.100.x.
You should check the DHCP server setting in the Linksys, like...
1) its LAN side IP address(in Bruce's assumption 192.168.100.1) and
subnet mask (I assume /24 or 255.255.255.0)
2) DHCP address range (example: from 192.168.100.2 to 192.168.100.99)

After that, you should compare the subnet mask on the other PC. All
subnet mask have to be the same if you want them talk each other. And
you shouldn't assign static IP addresses inside of the DHCP address
range. In my example, you can use 192.168.100.100 or above. Otherwise
Linksys's DHCP server may not work properly because of address conflict.

Toshi