slackware network setup

[uberjoe]

I'm trying to establish a usb connection between my slackware 10 (2.4.26) box and my z running openzaurus 3.3.6pre1. I can't ping, telnet, ssh, nothing. As far as I can tell I should be able to at least ping the damn thing. When I put the z in the cradle I get a new interface called eth1, everything I've read on the subject says I should get an interface called usb0 Could that be the problem? here is the dmesg output:

usb.c: USB disconnect on device 02:0c.1-2 address 4
hub.c: new USB device 02:0c.1-2, assigned address 5
CDCEther.c: Found Header descriptor, CDC version 110.
CDCEther.c: Imperfect filtering support - need sw hashing
CDCEther.c: Can't use SetEthernetMulticastFilters request
CDCEther.c: detected BULK OUT packets of size 64
CDCEther.c: eth1: Sharp SL-5500 400002000001
CDCEther.c: eth1: 40:00:02:00:00:01

When I run ifconfig eth1:

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:00:02:00:00:01
          inet addr:192.168.129.201  Bcast:192.168.129.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0   TX bytes:0 (0.0

When I try to telnet I get a connection refused error. When I try to ssh I am asked for a password which I type in and am still refused. When I ping I get this forever, never stopping

ping 192.168.129.201
PING 192.168.129.201 (192.168.129.201) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.129.201: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms

What the heck is going here?

[lardman]

Looks like slackware creates an eth1 device rather than a usb1 (or usbd1) device. Don't worry about it.

Telnet is not enabled on OZ, use ssh instead: 'ssh -l root 192.168.129.201'

However you have to make sure that eth1 is not using the same IP address as the Z (e.g. 192.168.129.201 by default). Try 192.168.129.200 instead.

It looks as though you are ping'ing/ssh'ing your end of the connection at the moment.


Simon

[uberjoe]

Ok, here's what I've got so far:

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:00:02:00:00:01
          inet addr:192.168.129.200  Bcast:192.168.129.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0   TX bytes:4452 (4.3 Kb)

The ip of my z is 192.168.129.201 with a default gw of 192.168.129.200. When I try the command you supplied I get this:

ssh -l root 192.168.129.201
ssh: connect to host 192.168.129.201 port 22: No route to host

I'm confused because I added a route to that address. with this command:

route add -host 192.168.129.201 eth1

Thanks for all your help.

[lardman]

Hmm, I've never really looked into adding routes, so I'm not sure there.

Can you ping in either direction (Z from PC, PC from Z)?


Si

[uberjoe]

I can't ping in either direction, pc to z or z to pc.

ping -c 1 192.168.129.201
PING 192.168.129.201 (192.168.129.201) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.129.200 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.129.201 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3025ms
, pipe 3

[AxeZ]

Same here, with the difference that I configured my slackware box and sl-5600 as explained in http://www.ruault.com/Zaurus/ethernet-over-usb-howto.html and at first i got usb0, configured everything properly. I could ping both wasy, I even went to browse the net with opera without any problems but it just stopped working, I think when it suspended itself.

When I checked ifconfig there was no usb0 but suddenly there was eth1 instead.

I am puzzled.

[uberjoe]

Ok I've made some progress, everything works under windows with this setup
pc:

   ip   192.168.129.201
   mask   255.255.255.0
   gw   192.168.129.1

z:

   ip   192.168.129.1
   mask   255.255.255.0
   gw   192.168.129.201

but windows, sucking as it does is not acceptable.
I seen to have a problem adding a default gw in linux. When I use the command:
route add default gw 192.168.129.1 eth1
nothing happens except that I can no longer connect to the internet. So I don't know what is going on anymore.

[lardman]

What did you guys set your VendorID and ProductID to?

They are not the same as those used for the 5500/5000D.

Edit: UberJoe, ignore me as you are using a 5500, AxeZ this applies to you.


Si

[uberjoe]

More progress, Had to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.7 and most everything works now. ping works, ssh works, but ftp is still a no go. I have security on the z setup to accept connections from any network but it still refuses the connection. Is there a switch I need to flip to accept ftp connections? FTP under windows does not work anymore either, but that is no big loss

when I put the ftp address in a konqueror window and hit enter, a windows pops up on the z asking to allow or deny the connection. I tap allow and konqueror says : could not enter folder. Don't know if that's helpful but there it is.