[NBLUG/talk] Networking newbie

[A'fish'ionado]

> ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255

There we go. :-)

OK, I'm to the point where I have a network of two Debian boxes. I
fire up the server, and it gets the address 10.0.0.255. ifup eth0 on
the laptop registers it on the network as 10.0.0.200. Each box can ssh
into itself on its address.

However, when I try to ssh into the opposite box, I fail.

Right now, the laptop gives me:
ssh: connect to host 10.0.0.255 post 22: Network is unreachable

The desktop/server gives me:
ssh: connect to host 10.0.0.200 port 22: No route to host

At the moment, though, I seem to be able to ping each box from the
other, which is a good sign. :-)

Finally--hostname -i still prints 127.0.0.1 on each box. Is this
fixable/something to worry about?

I'm *almost* there. ;-) Thanks for bearing with me instead of justing
yelling at me to RTFM.

William