Well this little project has really shown me up for a klutz- purchased a HP Proliant DL380 (G4) server for data storage and file-sharing. Tried to re-jig it as a video-capture rig (http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87530) but after those efforts and more realised that I could just use it as a file server. Running into a brick wall with the DHCPCD aspect, as I can't get it networked. I have next to nil experience with networking, by the way, and spending all yesterday hunting around this forum and other linux sites for clues.
I've got it running from a Live CD with a USB for pupsaves, currently running UPUP Precise 3.7.2(i686) but have also had Slacko 5.4 on it to see if it worked. But no luck. I have explored both eth0 and eth1, my cables and connectors, no problems there. I first connected directly to the eth0 port of my Lenovo T60, running Precise 3.8.3 (Tahrpup 6.02 and Lighthouse 64 (515) on the same machine also give no joy). I've disabled the Firewall on the respective machines too. With the network reconfigured after connecting the cable, the Proliant gives in terminal
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#ip route
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 src 169.254.13.133 metric 203
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#ip route
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
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Proto Local address Foreign address State
tcp 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
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tcp 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
I also dug out one of my old routers, a Dynalink RTA1046VW to connect the ethernet cables and maybe (?) skirt around the DNS/dhcpcd assignation issues I might be having (?). After I got it all set up however and got both machines configured with the network wizard - the router started to die and keeps re-setting itself with a crackling sound, just before I can even do a software reset on it. With any luck it will resolve if I replace the power transformer on it...
So I am now at wits end - I am sure I have probably missed something obvious. Hoping to solve this problem within Puppy - any suggestions gratefully accepted - but have just downloaded Superb Mini Server 2.0.8 to see if it can give me any insights.
UPDATE: Got the router going briefly - Proliant:
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# ip route
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 metric 203
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 src 192.168.1.3 metric 203
# ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:35:80:b7:3b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
link/ether 00:16:35:80:b7:3a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.3/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth1
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# ip route
default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 metric 202
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo
192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 src 192.168.1.2 metric 202