Hi

Have a network running with this box containing a wifi card and pci video decoder.

Having trouble accessing the server of this box but can access the web-based interface of the config. This thing has a Linux kernel.

I can ping both config and server but when server is pinged the ethernet responds. Dont know why though

Please Help!!!

Go easy...im a newbie to all this..

Thanks so much

Some details, please: What is "this box"? A Linux workstation? A Windows XP system? What.

Do you mean that your system can access the access point through your Wi-Fi connection? Or what? Can you be specific? What kind of access point are you connecting to? Did the access point give you an IP address? Or what?
What "thing"? Your workstation? The access point? Or what?

Can you show exactly what you pinged and what was the output?


How about showing us the Ethernet configuration is on your workstation?

Do the following:

If your workstation is Windows, do "ipconfig /all", and show us the output.

If your workstation is Linux do "ifconfig" and "iwconfig" and show us the output. (Maybe /sbin/ifconfig and /sbin/iwconfig, depending on the Linux distribution.)

Regards,

Dave

the box is a custom made device. it contains a motherboard,power supply, a pci fusion 878a video decoder and a wifi card, linux os.

the interface of the config has ip address 192.168.99.15
when this is typed into internet explorer the interface opens up but when i type the ip address of the ise server being 192.168.99.16. i get no response.

heres my ip config and ping responses

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.


ping 192.168.99.3

Pinging 192.168.99.3 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.99.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.99.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.99.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.99.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.99.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

ping 192.168.99.15

Pinging 192.168.99.15 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.99.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.99.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.99.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.99.15: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.99.15:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

ping 192.168.99.16

Pinging 192.168.99.16 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.99.16:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EE-IMAGEP3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ee.ukzn.ac.za
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connect
ion
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-17-96-B5-E0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 192.168.99.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::216:17ff:fe96:b5e0%6
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-63-03
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.99.3%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Where did this IP address come from? Since "this box" has a wifi card, in order to be connected to a network, it must either be associated with an access point, or it must have been set up in ad-hoc wifi mode. Did it get the IP address from a DHCP server on a wifi access point or what? That's why I asked you to show me the results of ifconfig and iwconfig for "this box". Actually, I would like to see the results of ifconfig -a. What is the terminal connection to "this box"? Does it have a serial port? Are you talking to it through RS-232 with some kind of terminal program? (hypertext? minicom? what?)
OK, now we are on a Windows platform. You enter "192.168.99.15" in the Windows Explorer address box or what? You get what? If "this box" has an http server of some kind and you can enter the IP address of "this box" in the Internet Explorer address box and the "interface opens", then you have network connectivity.
OK, now I'm at a dead end. Where did "192.168.19.16" come from? How did you know to ping it? And, by the way, I don't know what an "ise server" is. It may be something that I should know, but I don't.

I don't know if I am getting across to you that I can't possibly help since I don't have a clue as to how many things you have connected and how they are connected and what mode they are operating in. Etc., etc.


Now, as I look down near the bottom of your post, I see that 192.168.99.3 is the "Autoconfiguration IP Address" of your Winows XP box. Where are you pinging it from? If you are pinging it from itself, you haven't proven anything about network connectivity, but you are verifying some kind of functionality of the ping program.


OK, now we're getting somewhere (I think). If I have understood everything so far, you are pinging "this box". And "this box" is responding (which means that you have network connectivity and that "this box" is running some kind of service (daemon) that responds to pings.

Same as before? Where is 192.168.99.16? Why are you pinging it?

So, this is a wired Ethernet interface? You have dhcp enabled, so why does it show Autoconfiguration IP Address? Is the wired Ethernet connected to a broadband modem (cable modem or dsl modem or ???) or a local area network with a DHCP server somewhere or what? These are probably very stupid questions (and I will have no hard feelings if you tell me so) in light of the following:

OK, you may have lost me for good. (Maybe I should have said this first and then just bailed out.) I'm not familiar with any of this. I'm thinking that it has something to do with IPV6. I have disabled IPV6 on my several Windows XP Platforms, since I had some problems early on (about four years ago---where does the time go?). Some Internet Service Providers require this, and if you mess with it it may disable your internet access. I can't help here at all.

Maybe someone else can step in.

Bottom line: Where and how is "this box" getting its IP address? If your Service Provider requires IPV6 and "this box" doesn't have IPV6 enabled, then you may be out of luck in getting through to it. (Or not.) I still don't understand what kind of wifi network you are attempting and whether there is an Access Point or what.

Regards,

Dave

Im sorry. Im just really really new to all this and i dont know much about networking. The ping responses were from my computer and wel 192.168.99.15 was the default address of the config interface. This interface allows you to change network configurations.so i can change the ip addresses of the config and the ise server. I dont know what ise server is either its jus is displayed in the config interface. By typin the address of the ise server into internet explorer of the pc, an interface should pop up showin live video feed from a camera. Iv just got a pc connected to a hub via an ethernet cable and the hub connected to the box via another ethernet cable. Not usin the wifi right now jus tryin to work the box first. Am workin on a project for my degree and well no one helps you with it, u start from scratch and figure all the problems out by yourself. So they gave us this box, jus gave us those ip addresses, told us what it should do and told us to do it. So im sorry if im not providing the right info, its jus because i dont know. Thanx anyway ria

heres the ifconfig of the bos


Wed Jul 18 09:50:35 UTC 2007
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:FB:80:CB:2D
inet addr:192.168.99.15 Bcast:192.168.99.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2802 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:362886 (354.3 Kb) TX bytes:23722 (23.1 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000 Memory:e8010000-e8010038
eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:FB:80:CB:2D
inet addr:192.168.99.99 Bcast:192.168.99.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000 Memory:e8010000-e8010038
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:248 (248.0 b) TX bytes:248 (248.0 b)

It appears that "this box" has two network interfaces. You didn't mention that before. Or am I missing something?

Also, I asked for ifconfig -a and iwconfig on "this box"
While you are at it, please do uname -a and lsmod on "this box"

I still don't know what kind of "wifi" network you are trying to get operational and whether there is an Access Point or what.

Regards,

Dave

ok the box has a wifi card but im not running a wifi network. just using normal ethernet straight cables, for a normal wired lan.

hence iwconfig displays no wireless connections

the network config interface of the box has limited network tools

it has ifconfig, iwconfig,ping,servers,route,ps aux,uptime,ptz log

I dont know of any other way to perform the functions you mentioned.

Thanks

Ria

Well, from the first line of your first post:

I stupidly jumped to the conclusion that your network connectivity problems were with wifi, since, in my experience, that is the single most likely troublesome part of getting any kind of Linux system up and running. That's what I was trying to get a handle on with "lsmod" and "lspci", etc., because that's where wifi setup troubleshooting begins. That's why I wanted to know about Access Points and other wifi stuff. I'm sorry for wasting your time and board bandwidth.
You can execute "ifconfig," and you can't execute "uname -a"?

Oh, well, no matter. Get network setup information from whoever supplied you with "this box". I was trying to get you to give me information about whether "this box" is using a DHCP client to get the IP address. And where the DHCP server is on your LAN. Stuff like that. The technical support group for "this box" can, maybe, lead you through the exact sequence of questions and actions that are required.

I thought that I might be able to help, but I just don't have enough ESP to get into the middle of things for you.

Sorry.

Regards,

Dave

Over and out.