Help, I can't get my NeXT Cube on the internet!!!
emcnair
XP Pro and a newly aquired NeXT Cube running OpenStep version 4.1. I
have a Linksys router with a typical configuration. One of the Macs
and the PC have fixed IP addresses, the others are using DHCP (DHCP
addresses starts at 192.168.1.100). However try as I may, I can't seam
to get the NeXT on the 'net. I have tried using HostManager and the
SimpleNetwork App, but I can't seam to get the NeXT to connect. I am
trying to give the NeXT a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.10, with the
Linksys being the default router with an IP of 192.168.1.1 (as I said,
very typical - nothing fancy). However try as I may I can't get the
NeXT to connect. I am try to verify a connection by pinging the
Linksys router. All I get is loss packets. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
David Evans
emcnair <emc...@webdaddy.com> wrote:
>I have a mixed, network. Six Macs running OS X, one PC running Windows
>XP Pro and a newly aquired NeXT Cube running OpenStep version 4.1.
Ick. 4.1 is not much fun from what I hear.
>I am
>trying to give the NeXT a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.10, with the
>Linksys being the default router with an IP of 192.168.1.1 (as I said,
>very typical - nothing fancy).
What are the contents of your /etc/hostconfig file, and is the machine name
in NetInfo with that IP address?
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Robert...@unibas.ch
> In article <a2e27264.03032...@posting.google.com>,
> emcnair <emc...@webdaddy.com> wrote:
> >I am
> >trying to give the NeXT a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.10, with the
> >Linksys being the default router with an IP of 192.168.1.1 (as I said,
> >very typical - nothing fancy).
>
> What are the contents of your /etc/hostconfig file, and is the machine name
> in NetInfo with that IP address?
Using SimpleNetworkStarter only works the very first time, after that, it seems
to corrupt the databases.
Check /etc/hostconfig, it must have the following lines:
HOSTNAME=<what ever your machine is called>
INETADDR=192.168.1.10
ROUTER=192.168.1.1
IPNETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPBROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETMASTER=-NO-
TIME=-AUTOMATIC-
Robert
If you have a DNS, then you can either set up /etc/resolv.conf or set NetInfo
with the following properties:
in the root domain (/) [the only one you will have], under
/locations/resolver (may have to create this)
name resolver
hostresorder bind
local
domain <first domain>
<second domain>
.
:
nameserver <first server>
<second server>
.
:
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David Evans
<Robert...@ifi.unibas.ch> wrote:
>Using SimpleNetworkStarter only works the very first time, after that, it seems
>to corrupt the databases.
>
Yeah, ISTR that too.
>Check /etc/hostconfig, it must have the following lines:
>HOSTNAME=<what ever your machine is called>
>INETADDR=192.168.1.10
And I *think* that there has to be a mapping between this hostname and IP
address in NetInfo (under /machines) but can't really remember.
Andreas Berger
> >Check /etc/hostconfig, it must have the following lines:
> >HOSTNAME=<what ever your machine is called>
> >INETADDR=192.168.1.10
> And I *think* that there has to be a mapping between this hostname
> and IP address in NetInfo (under /machines) but can't really
> remember.
I have never touched NetInfo, only editing /etc/hostinfo and
/etc/resolv.conf and the machines work proper.
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David Evans
Andreas Berger <Andreas...@de.bosch.com> wrote:
>David Evans schrieb:
>
>> And I *think* that there has to be a mapping between this hostname
>> and IP address in NetInfo (under /machines) but can't really
>> remember.
>
>I have never touched NetInfo, only editing /etc/hostinfo and
>/etc/resolv.conf and the machines work proper.
>
Cool. It's been ages since I set up an NS/OS machine so I can't really
remember what I did and didn't do. :-)
emcnair
> In article <b61pj5$h1k$1...@ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com>,
> Andreas Berger <Andreas...@de.bosch.com> wrote:
> >David Evans schrieb:
> >
> >> And I *think* that there has to be a mapping between this hostname
> >> and IP address in NetInfo (under /machines) but can't really
> >> remember.
> >
> >I have never touched NetInfo, only editing /etc/hostinfo and
> >/etc/resolv.conf and the machines work proper.
> >
>
> Cool. It's been ages since I set up an NS/OS machine so I can't really
> remember what I did and didn't do. :-)
Thank you to everyone for all the help and info. I now have the NeXT
Cube online. I am still trying to work out DNS issues, but I am sure
the info that I collected here will get me going. Once again thanks to
everyone.
Edward
Ashley Campbell
> Thank you to everyone for all the help and info. I now have the NeXT
> Cube online. I am still trying to work out DNS issues, but I am sure
> the info that I collected here will get me going. Once again thanks to
> everyone.
Making an /etc/resolv.conf file with nothing more than: "nameserver
205.201.1.10" in it is how I do it. Once you have hostconfig set up properly,
you're in business.
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