Archive for June, 2004

mac network info

Published on 27/6/2004 in geekery. 17 Comments

Here’s where things don’t look so good. The network utility tells me my IP address is 192.168.100. Fine, I don’t need that. But when I try to ping:

Ping has started ...
PING www.apple.com.akadns.net (17.112.152.32): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=179.253 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=179.016 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=178.869 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=180.83 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=178.881 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=5 ttl=47 time=178.82 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=6 ttl=47 time=178.789 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=7 ttl=47 time=178.681 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=8 ttl=47 time=178.936 MS
64 bytes from 17.112.152.32: icmp_seq=9 ttl=47 time=178.589 MS
--- www.apple.com.akadns.net ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 178.589/179.066/180.83 MS

But:

Ping has started ...
PING 192.168.2.102 (192.168.2.102): 56 data bytes
--- 192.168.2.102 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

So my Mac cannot see my PC, but my PC can see my Mac, so I don’t think it’s hardware related, but, like I said, I’m no network expert, I could be very wrong!

pc network info

Published on 27/6/2004 in geekery. 0 Comments

Been reading. Here is the info from my PC:

ipconfig /all gives:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HOME_PC

Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-EC-38-AA

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.102

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 June 2004 15:37:13

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 09 June 1936 12:23:04

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge) 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 52-EC-0F-6F-76-27

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.45.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

ping gives:


Pinging 192.168.2.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.2.100: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.2.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.2.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.2.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.100:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 14ms, Average = 4ms

nbtstat -a gives:


Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.102] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

Name Type Status

hello pc

Published on 27/6/2004 in geekery. 2 Comments

Well with the help of this page, my PC can now see my Mac.

macfrompc.jpg

Alas, my Mac cannot yet see my PC:

mount_smbfs: 2 failures to open smb device: syserr = Device busy
mount_smbfs: 2 failures to open smb device: syserr = Device busy
mount_smbfs: negotiate phase failedmount_smbfs: : syserr = Operation timed out
negotiate phase failed: syserr = Operation timed out

connecterror.jpg

UPDATE: Now my PC can’t connect to the Mac. All I did was leave it over night. Does the Mac ‘go to sleep’ I wonder?

i hate css

Published on 26/6/2004 in geekery. 5 Comments

So I set up a test blog in WordPress and imported this blog and applied the Human Condition style from Iain Main.

I realise it’s a bit thin for some of my old embedded photos, but why does this happen with the blockquotes?

The first one has a <p> tag around the blockquote tag, the second one had the <p> tag inside the blockquote and the last one had no <p> tag, but Wordpress inserted one inside the blockquote.

The stylesheet is here.

A morning of geeking is turning into a day long headache.

mt 3.0D is shit

Published on 26/6/2004 in rant. 0 Comments

Right. Well this is totally screwed. The only reason I wanted to upgrade was for the interface to work in Firefox. It doesn’t. At least not for me.

I removed MTBlacklist and got some emails from comments, but not all and the comment templates were all screwed up.

So, rollback to 2.6 (I have it all backed up) or WordPress. Oh bugger.

mt 3.0D

Published on 26/6/2004 in geekery. 2 Comments

Not happy. This is how it looks in Firefox:

mt3.jpg

Also, the upload file window pops up as the wrong size in IE, and I’m currently not receiving email notification of new comments and the Typekey interface isn’t working.

a bit of geeky news

Published on 26/6/2004 in geekery. 4 Comments

New flaw in IE. Just a shame I still have to use it (poorly designed access portal for work email, it’s the Outlook Web access from MS. It doesn’t render properly in anything but IE on Windows, not even OS X IE)

Call land lines and mobiles from your computer: SkypeOut

€0.012/min to call the UK. That’s about $0.1 HKD/min.

Right. MT 2.6 doesn’t render properly in Firefox or Safari on the Mac, so I’m going to have to upgrade to 3.0D. A nice bit of geekery for a Saturday morning.


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