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Security and Networking / Almost Have Full Usb Networking With 5500

« on: August 02, 2005, 04:17:16 pm »

From Zauraus and using su mode:

route add default gw 192.168.129.1
route add -host  192.168.129.1 usbd0

Next, add the following in /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver ISPnameserverIP

I hope the above will help.
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Just in case I had perhaps messed things up, I went back and flashed the ROM again from the OpenZaurus site.  I then followed [a href=\"http://openzaurus.org/wordpress/howto/usb-networking/]these instructions[/url] to get basic USB networking up and running.

Once I had confirmed that I was able to ping both ways (to and from Zarus and laptop), I executed the suggested "route" commands on my Zaurus and added the nameserver line to /etc/resolv.conf.

I'm still having serious connectivity issues from the Zaurus through my laptop.  I can get to my laptop, but not through it. Let me explain.

The ip my Zaurus is set to is 192.168.129.201.  I am able to ping from my laptop to this ip address with no problems.
The usb0 ip adddress on my laptop is 192.168.129.1.  I am able to ping from the Zaurus to this ip address with no problem.
The eth0 ip address on my laptop is 172.16.105.182.  I am able to ping from the Zaurus to this ip address with no problem.
The gateway from my network has an ip address of 172.16.105.1.  I am unable to ping this ip address from my Zaurus.  Similarly, I am unable to ping any of our nameservers by ip address.

What am I missing?  What am I doing wrong?

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Security and Networking / Almost Have Full Usb Networking With 5500

« on: August 01, 2005, 10:33:22 am »

I am running Gentoo Linux on my laptop.
I have an SL-5500 sitting in the cradle.
I have usbnet working and I can ping from the SL-5500 to my laptop. I can also ping from my laptop to the SL-5500.
I am able to ssh from my laptop into the SL-5500.

Here is the network setup on my laptop as it relates to usb0:
My ifconfig line in /etc/conf.d/net looks like this: ifconfig_usb0=("192.168.129.1 broadcast 192.168.129.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 pointopoint 192.168.129.201")

FWIW, I have tried it both with and without the "pointopoint" directive and my results are the same.

Here is the network setup on the SL-5500:
- ip address: 192.168.129.201
- subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
- gateway: blank
- DNS (both blank)

From the Zaurus, I have no visibility of the internet.  If I ssh into the Zaurus from my laptop and attempt a wget to my web site:

wget http://www.boyken.org
wget: www.boyken.org: Host name lookup failure

If I attempt the same thing via ip address, I get this:

wget http://69.72.158.138
Connecting to 69.72.158.138[69.72.158.138]:80
wget: Unable to connect to remote host (69.72.158.138): Network is unreachable

I feel like I am really, really close to getting this set up properly.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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General Discussion / Which Zimage Should I Use For My Sl-5500?

« on: July 29, 2005, 12:46:06 pm »

Everything's working great now.  Turns out my CF card was bad.  Thanks for the help!

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General Discussion / Which Zimage Should I Use For My Sl-5500?

« on: July 28, 2005, 01:34:05 pm »

Si,

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm really anxious to get this going (and a bit frustrated).  I was up until 2:30 AM wrestling with this...

I'd go for 64-0 and install stuff to the SD card (leave it in the machine) which you should format as ext2.

Before buying a new CF card, try reformatting it, and possibly removing and re-creating the partition.

I did try reformatting the CF last night using my wife's laptop (XP) and I formatted it as a FAT partition.  Should I format it using Linux? Would that make a difference?

Also, can anyone offer any insight to the "blinking green and amber LEDs"?  I'm tired of seeing them when I try to flash and it is a bit frustration that it appears to communicate nothing more informatiive than "something went wrong".  As a Linux user since 1997, I'm used to having more information available to me to track down problems.

Again, any helpful advices and suggestions is sincerely appreciated!

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General Discussion / Which Zimage Should I Use For My Sl-5500?

« on: July 28, 2005, 12:26:19 pm »

Yesterday I was given (yes, given) a fully-functional SL-5500.  It is currently running the Sharp software which was upgraded to the 3.10 ROM.  I would like to run OpenZaurus and OPIE.  Here is my hardware configuration and I am looking for guidance as to specifically which zImage I should use.

My unit is an SL-5500
It appears to have 32MB internal memory
It has a 16MB CF card
I have a 512MB SD card I intend to use with it.

Last night I tried a couple of different zImage files (carefully following the instructions).  I have a CF card reader that I used to copy the files and I made certain they were in the root directory.  I attempted to flash several times (who came up with that crazy C+D+reset combo?) and I always get the same result: green and amber blinking lights.

I'm thinking about buying a new CF card, but I was hoping for some sage advice also...