I have two pc's. One with Kubuntu 8.04 and the other with Xbuntu 8.04, and I have a Linksys WRT54GS. I cannot get my two pc's to network with each other. I get a message: Unable to find any workgroups in your local network. This might be caused by an enabled firewall. I opened the terminal on both and typed "dhcpcd eth0" and it told me dhcpcd was not installed. I installed it and that seems to be working. I went to synaptic and typed in "firewall" but it didn't show that I have any firewall programs downloaded. That leads me to believe that the issue is with the Linksys, and if so how do I change that?
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Re: Network problem with kubuntu, xbuntu, and linksys router
1. To get this to work you need and IP address: Go to the console and type ifconfig, if you using a hard wired connection it should show eth0 and the IP address.
2. You need a protocol to send the data, are you using samba?
3. You need the correct port open on the remote machine. For samba I believe its 445. Therefore, to rule out any firewalls open a console you want to send from and type:
telnet {ip address} 445
eg. telnet 10.0.0.40 445
You should get a screen like:
Trying 10.0.0.2...
Connected to 10.0.0.2.
Escape character is '^]'.
This means the port is open and you aren't being blocked by a firewall. -
Re: Network problem with kubuntu, xbuntu, and linksys router
I will try that right nowComment
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Re: Network problem with kubuntu, xbuntu, and linksys router
The system hangs at "trying" when I try the telnet and IP address commandComment
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Re: Network problem with kubuntu, xbuntu, and linksys router
are you using this pc to post on the forum?
if so you must have an IP address.
Are you using Windows file share or what?Comment
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Re: Network problem with kubuntu, xbuntu, and linksys router
I have full install of kubuntu on one and full install of xbuntu on the other. I am not using windows at all. I have an IP address for both pc's but can't seem to get them to talk to each other.Comment
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