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LAN configuration

Configuring the system to work with a Local Area Network

LAN setup

At present the only option if for a fully automatic configuration. So unless you select one of the the modem options from the boot menu, if the system is going to work with your network, then it already is.

Testing
  • If your LAN has an Internet gateway, the easy way to see if it's working is to load up Mozilla Firefox from the menu. If the Mozilla home page appears, then everything is working as expected.
Troubleshooting
See if your computer's network interface has been recognised.
  • Step 1 - Select Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal from the menu
  • Step 2 - At the prompt. type in the following;
/sbin/ifconfig eth0

You should then see;
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:6E:7E:18:00
inet addr:10.1.0.4 Bcast:10.1.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fe7e:1800/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1038194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:969501 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:255046428 (243.2 Mb) TX bytes:119232250 (113.7 Mb)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x2000
  • Step 3 - If you do not see the section that starts "eth0", please look at the documentation for your computer and email the type of network card that you are using (and the type of your PC) to FlashSupport@Encryptec.net.
Checking your local area network
  • If you're reached this point, then it is likely that the fault is not within your computer.
    Make sure your network is properly configured for DHCP and that your computer is properly connected to the network.
    If possible, contact your local network administrator for advice.
  • Step 1 - Obtain the IP address of your local router
  • Step 2 - in the terminal window (opened above) type;
netstat -rn

And you should see something like;

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
10.1.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 10.1.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
  • If you do see this, then your local network is probably working Ok.
    Try pinging your local router (the address listed at the bottom under the gateway column) by typing;
ping -c5 10.1.0.1
You should see something like;
PING 10.1.0.1 (10.1.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.1.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.402 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.393 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.384 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.308 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.347 ms

--- 10.1.0.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.308/0.366/0.402/0.042 ms
  • If you do then your local area network and connection to it are working fine.
  • If you see > 0% under packet loss, or if the number of packets transmitted is not equal to the number of packets received, then you've got problems

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