7i96s not recognized

No, the host Ethernet address should be say 10.10.10.100

 

PCW wrote:

Yes, you are pinging yourself (I hear that may make you go blind)

I would set the host address to 10.10.10.100
 
 

I don't know how to set the host address to 10.10.10.100

I tried sudo nano /etc/hosts
and then changed 127.0.0.1 to 10.10.10.100  ans saved and rebooted for good measure, however after that and running ip a
I still see host as 127.0.0.1
So obviously that's not the correct way to change the host address. BTW I changed local host in /hosts back to the way I found it 127.0.0.1

So how does one go about changing the host address?
     

 

You should not change the hosts file, but rather the etc/network/interfaces file
This is what's in mine:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
       auto eno1
       iface eno1 inet static
           address 10.10.10.100
           hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-usecs 0

You would need to change eno1 to your (long) Ethernet device name

PCW wrote:

You should not change the hosts file, but rather the etc/network/interfaces file
This is what's in mine:

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
       auto eno1
       iface eno1 inet static
           address 10.10.10.100
           hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-usecs 0

You would need to change eno1 to your (long) Ethernet device name

 

 
Presently that file has:

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I'm not sure what you mean when you say (long) Ethernet device name?

In Network Connections I called the ETHERNET instance  "Wired connection 7i96s"
I'm not sure if that is what you are referring to?
 
    

I'm not sure what you mean when you say (long) Ethernet device name?

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PCW wrote:

I'm not sure what you mean when you say (long) Ethernet device name?

enx0050b6c0edc3
 

 

I'm really lost here.....
What exactly should I put in that file?
I added my connection information in the previous post

You can set this up with the network manager as you already have
but the address in the network manager should be 10.10.10.100
not 10.10.10.10,

also the netmask should be 255.255.255.0 not 255.0.0.0

PCW wrote:

You can set this up with the network manager as you already have
but the address in the network manager should be 10.10.10.100
not 10.10.10.10,

also the netmask should be 255.255.255.0 not 255.0.0.0
 

okay, finally LinuxCNC starts.
However when I enter 255.255.255.0 for the netmask it changes it to 24 when i go back in, not sure if that's a problem?
 

 A /24 netmask is the same as 255.255.255.0

Your help is much appreciated.

Mesa is definitely talking now (I can see DRO input on inputs 0,1 changing)

I just found a video by rodw that explains some of the IP stuff, I think I might now have a rudimentary understanding:

• direct 1:1 connection from PC's Ethernet port (10.10.10.100)  to Mesa port 10.10.10.10)
• I though that I needed to put the MESA boards address into the wired network, but you actually have to have a different address on the PC side with the same 10.10.10.x 

Next up the fun stuff.