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aterocana

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Registered: 2013-07-30

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Connect to hosts in the LAN

Ok, weird problem here. I'm on a machine with Archlinux, gnome 3.8 and nemo as file manager. I try to access to a raspberry pi I actually have on my LAN with nemo, using smb or sftp (in nemo location: "smb://192.168.1.130" or "sftp://192.168.1.130). It can't be mounted.
Now, if I try with a Debian PC, I can easily access with same commands. From terminal in ssh same thing: "ssh xbian@192.168.1.130" resolves in "no route to host". The weirdest thing is that sometimes it decides to work and everything's fine. I don't know how and I don't know when, sometimes few minutes after system's startup, sometimes a lot of time later, sometimes never. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.

graysky

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Re: Connect to hosts in the LAN

Probably missing gvfs-smb or a similar package.

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aterocana

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Re: Connect to hosts in the LAN

I had it, but why, if I miss something, then sometimes all is working and other times not?

ewaller

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Re: Connect to hosts in the LAN

I would look to see whether another machine on your network is conflicting with your IP address, or the IP address of your target.  Check to ensure all the addresses are on the same subnet (how are the addresses on your network assigned?)  Check to ensure that all of the subnet masks are correct; in a 192... all of the masks should (generally) be /24  or 255.255.255.0.

You might post the output of ip addr and of ip route for both your Arch Linux box and your Raspberry Pi. 
What are you using as a router?  Can you look at its routing tables?

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MariusMatutiae

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Re: Connect to hosts in the LAN

The output of an nmap scan, at the time when you cannot connect, might also be enlightening, within the same framework provided by ewaller's suggestion.

aterocana

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Re: Connect to hosts in the LAN

All masks are 255.255.255.0, anyway it's all done by router because I let him do DHCP. Anyway, I don't know why, today everything's ok. Thank you anyway.