> The router finds the hardware (or MAC) address by broadcasting a request > to the network. It basicly asks "Does anybody here know what the MAC > address is for the interface <ip-address>." and someone will respond with > it. > > As for your routing problem ... do you have a "real" IP address assigned > to that laptop? If you are using something like 192.168.x.x it is not > going to work. Also, you need to use an IP address that is part of the > network that the router is set up to route for. If you try to give it > just any IP address, maybe one you have been given by an ISP for a > dedicated dialup, the router will most likely ignore it because it is > outside the range of the network that it routes data for.
i have a question,if there's 192.168.x.x type address and the server's kernel is compiled with ip masquerading,does the laptop would then be able to access the internet ?? also,you ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) could check if there's a resolv.conf file in your /etc directory and make it's correctly configured,other than that,i could not help further because of lack of knowledge in networking (i'm in the learning stage tough) Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
