Cannot connect B2 thru the web nor samba, but I can ssh i

[iglpdc]

Dear all,

I'm having a strange problem with my Bubba. I have B2 as a server with a static IP on my network. From my laptop, I can ssh it, see my stuff, ftp, etc... However I cannot connect with it throught http://bubba.local (I'm on a Mac). From my Mac I can see Bubba in the Finder (that is, connecting with samba), but there are errors if I try to copy anything or even in the size of the files, compared to what I see with ssh. If I log in B2 and I try to ping any other machine, both outside/inside my network I get:

ivan@bubba:~$ ping 198.168.1.35
connect: Network is unreachable

However I can download torrents... Does someone have a clue on what's going on? This seems to happens at some point, I mean if I reboot the thing may work or not, but after a couple of days it just stops working.

Thanks in advance,

Ivan

[Henri]

Hi

Can you connect to Bubba, if you write Bubba's IP address on web browser instead of http://bubba.local ?

[iglpdc]

Hi,

Yes, I can connect using the IP instead of the bubba.local. Any clue on how to fix it?

Thanks,

Ivan

[Henri]

Sorry I don't know what is causing it. I have encountered the same phenomenum myself.

I have a hunch that it has something to do with Bubba having a static IP address.
If you set Bubba using DHCP to get an IP address to itself, I think then the http://bubba address works.

I don't have a chance to test this thing right now, but if you do, please let me know if it works.

[pa]

If you set at static IP on bubba, it will not (can not) report its name to the router that is acting as dns-server (translate names to IP-adresses).

Either you have to configure your router to know the name of bubba (which I think is not possible in most "home" routers) or set bubba to use dhcp, in which case bubba will report its name to your router.

/PA