[PLUG] Dumbass network question

[Bruce KIlpatrick]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:32:29 -0800
> Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> dijo:
>
>   
>> I just looked up and there are different models, but the first one listed by
>> google was the DGL-4100. In the manual for that, under DHCP there's a
>> section for "Add Static DHCP Client" which then lets you enter the MAC
>> address and tell it which IP address that MAC address should get every time
>> it requests one. This is on page 19 of the pdf manual from this page:
>> http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=371&#DGL-4100
>> Direct link:
>> ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Gateway/dgl4100/Manual/dgl4100_manual_100.zip
>>     
>
> I have done that. At least I think I have done so. The page is under
> the Basic tab and the section is Network Settings. At the bottom of the
> page it says "Add DHCP Reservations." It even has a feature where it
> will look at the ethernet device on the computer you are accessing it
> from and pop its MAC address in. I set up the two computers each with
> their current IP adddresses and even rebooted to be sure they were
> getting the same IP address from the router.
>
> But when I try to mount the desktop's partition on the laptop I still
> get:
>
> jjj at Devil7:~$ sudo mount -t nfs
> 192.168.0.148:/media/md3 /media/Devil6_md3/ mount.nfs: access denied by
> server while mounting 192.168.0.148:/media/md3
>
> It seems to me that it ought to be popping up a request for my username
> and password on the desktop before allowing me to mount its partitions
> on the laptop. Or maybe I can specify my username and password for the
> desktop when issuing the mount command on the laptop. I can't find any
> instructions on this in man mount.
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Wouldn't an entry in the /etc/hosts file allow him the access he needs?

Bruce