[Discuss] new laptop, new problems

[gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)]

Go to settings/network or wifi
Then click on the wheel for that interface and check the default route. All
your systems should have the same default route.
T_Mobil I assume is your gateway  192.168.12.1
Make sure the DHCP is set to automatic.


On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 2:54?PM dan moylan <jdm at moylan.us> wrote:

>
> at the moment i have three laptops on my local net running
> fc38.  the newest, deneb2 (hp laptop), is giving me problems;
>
> this is its /etc/hosts:
>   127.0.0.1        localhost localhost.localdomain
>   127.0.0.1        deneb2    deneb2.localdomain
>   192.168.12.1     t-mobile  t-mobile.localdomain
>   192.168.12.148   alphacent alphacent.localdomain  (now off line)
>   192.168.12.171   aldeberan aldeberan.localdomain
>   192.168.12.183   deneb2    deneb2.localdomain
>   192.168.12.221   rigel     rigel.localdomain
>   192.168.12.117   HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE
> HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE.localdomain
>   50.87.218.82     bluedan
>
> the situation:
>   aldeberan can ping t-mobile, rigel, but not deneb2
>   rigel     can ping t-mobile, aldeberan, but not deneb2
>   deneb2    can ping t-mobile, bluedan, mit.edu,
>               but neither aldeberan nor rigel
>               (destination host unreachable)
>
> deneb2's route:
>   Kernel IP routing table
>   Destination   Gateway  Genmask       Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>   default       _gateway 0.0.0.0       UG    600    0     0 wlo1
>   192.168.12.0  0.0.0.0  255.255.255.0 U     600    0     0 wlo1
>
> i can't imagine what the difficulty is.
>
> a further issue:
>   deneb2 has auto-lock disabled, but auto-blank screen @ 5
>   min.  when the screen blanks, it is impossible to recover.
>   i.e. it stays blank.  no tapping any key nor the on/off
>   power button nor anything else brings it back.
>
> what the devil is going on?
>
> ole dan
>
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