[ubuntu-za] Network Problems

[James Cuénod]

I was using an actual bridge but I've tried a number of different methods...
Thanks for the link, I've removed the bridging setup that I had and I've
followed that methodology without any errors. At the end, however, I cannot
ping my ubuntu pc from my laptop (or ping from my ubuntu pc - the one
sharing the connection - to the laptop). I have read the rest of the thread
where it suggests that the "laptop" should have a static ip but it is still
unable to connect. The subnet is the same and the the IP address has the
same starting 3 number sequences. Are the subnets supposed to be the same on
my ubuntu machine? Are the IP addresses supposed to be the same for each
network card on my ubuntu machine?

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <
jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi James
>
> James Cuénod wrote:
> > First off, thanks Jonathan for organising the release party...
>
> Thanks for being here! I loved your introduction and your reason for
> using Ubuntu :)
>
> > I've upgraded my laptop to Kubuntu 8.10 and my desktop will be next...
> > (however I'll need time to play when I upgrade my desktop so it's gonna
> > be a while). My desktop has two network cards, the one connects to my
> > home network and gives me internet access, the other one I connect to my
> > laptop. In the past I've had varying degrees of success with this -
> > sometimes the bridge will work and I'll get internet access on my
> > laptop, other times it'll break the network and I wont have any
> > communications between the two. Most of the time, however, I can set up
> > a network between them without too much hassle but now, since the
> > upgrade I'm having real hassles getting Kubuntu to behave. I've had a go
> > with knetworkmanager and ifconfig as well as messing with
> > /etc/network/interfaces but none of this has produced any connection.
> > Does anyone have any advice for me?
>
> Are you using an actual bridge (combining eth0 and eth1 to form a br0),
> or are you refering to bridging as just getting access to the rest of
> your home network from your laptop?  If you are indeed using bridging, I
> recommend you don't do that and give the card that goes to your laptop
> an IP address on another subnet. You can then "share" your connection to
> the rest of your home network by sharing the connections from your home
> network card to the card that goes to your laptop. The forum page on
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91370 briefly describes it.
> Your current setup may already be similar but would just need tweaking.
> It would be helpful if you could paste the /etc/network/interfaces file
> from your desktop machine.
>
> -Jonathan
>
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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ
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