Networking

Asked by DChampnoise

I am trying to get my Ubuntu 7.10 to network with my room-mates computers. They are running Win XP. For some reason my computer is labelled as 127.0.1.1 but my network card is showing an IP address of 192.168.1.1. The network is running DHCP, how can I fix my hosts table and be able to network?

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subliminalfix (na1tr2lp-deactivatedaccount) said :
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can you go to your terminal and add this prompt it should give you the actual ip address

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'

you can cut and paste this then hit enter

hope that helps

peace =]

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DChampnoise (avaterusa) said :
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I made a mistake in what my IP address of my nic, it is 192.168.1.102. Should I change my hosts file?

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said :
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127.0.0.1 is the local host address of any computer.. And 127.0.1.1 is the default local host address of any computer running gutsy.. i.e ubuntu 7.10

To change your IP address in gutsy:

System -> Administration -> Network

click on the connection you have enabled and click on properties and change your IP address there..

Then click on OK and restart your system..

Hope it helps

Bhavani Shankar.

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