LAN configuration
Configuring the system to work with a Local Area Network
LAN setup
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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.
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Troubleshooting
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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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