SSH between computers on LAN

[Karl F. Larsen]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> 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.
    I know the old DVD-Router has NAT but not sure about the Belkin.
>  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.
>   
    OK. I will see if I can just turn clear off NAT. It's not needed anyway.
> BTW: Can you ping from the laptop to the desktop?
>   
    Yes that works but is not perfect. It seems to miss one or a a minute.
>
> Nils
>
>   


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