SSH between computers on LAN

[Nils Kassube]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> karl at karl-hardy:~$ route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination  Gateway      Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.2.0  192.168.0.3  255.255.255.0   UG    0      0     0 eth0
> 192.168.0.0  *            255.255.255.0   U     0      0     0 eth0
> link-local   *            255.255.0.0     U     1000   0     0 eth0
> default      192.168.0.1  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0     0 eth0
>
> This does not work. And I worry about routes 1, which I wrote, route 2
> conflicting since they have the same Genmask.

No, the Genmask entry is OK for all routes. You can read about it here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netmask>

>     Now when I try to ping the laptop 192.168.2.5 I get:
>
> karl at karl-hardy:~$ ping 192.168.2.5
> PING 192.168.2.5 (192.168.2.5) 56(84) bytes of data.
>  From 192.168.0.4 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>
> This makes me think it is trying to use the new route but it is not
> working.

I suppose the Belkin is using NAT, something I didn't think about 
previously. Then you would have to set up a rule in the Belkin config 
which opens port 22 (SSH) or whatever port you want to use. It should 
then send data on that port to your laptop.

BTW: Can you ping from the laptop to the desktop?


Nils