diff --git a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html index 3912d96d1..ef317ca9f 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/netconfig.html +++ b/handbook/computing/netconfig.html @@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ sudo ip addr del 10.0.1.1/24 dev wlan0

The Netgear box has its yellow ethernet cable socket set to the address 10.0.1.1. The four other ethernet sockets are all on the address range 192.168.200.x and the wifi network interface is set to 192.168.200.1 also in the network 192.168.200.x.

So the ethernet cable between the Netgear box and the netbook is 10.0.1.1 at the Netgear end and 10.0.1.2 at the netbook end. Nothing else uses any number like 10.0.1.x. + +

The line +

sudo ip addr del 10.0.1.1/24 dev wlan0
+has been added to the end of the runfakenet script as this setting does not seem to persist after a reboot (8 July 2023).

When it all goes wrong

@@ -147,8 +151,10 @@ the black WiFi antennae on the small black Alfa box are still upright and have n 
/root/fakenet/runfakenet
which will run the script to reconnect. This may take a minute to have the desired effect. -

If you didn't get a prompt when you attempted to login from the expo laptop then you will need to do the same thing but actually on the netbook keyboard. While you are at it, it would be a good idea to re-boot the netbook first by typing this on the netbook keyboard first, and waiting for it to re-boot: -

shutdown --reboot
+

If you didn't get a prompt when you attempted to login from the expo laptop then you will need to do the same thing but actually on the netbook keyboard. + [This happens if the netbook has lost its routing config (which is set up by runfakenet) and so there is no communication between the netbook and the router.] +

While you are at it, it would be a good idea to re-boot the netbook first by typing this on the netbook keyboard first, and waiting for it to re-boot: +

sudo shutdown --reboot

You may also need to re-enable wicd, see below.

If it keeps failing, then maybe the cron system which re-triggers it every 60s is not working. That is probably a symptom of something more much more serious wrong with the netbook if you have already re-booted it. Try re-booting it again and this time be more patient. Report this to a nerd, write a record of the problem in the expo logbook and post a request for help to the expo Matrix chat system.