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Hi folk. Im just learning about the RasPi. I have a small network at home which I want to connect my Pi to (desktop unit + a couple of laptops). How do I get it to see the network and the network to see it? On my main pc Im running win 10 through a BT hub 5. The hub can see all the devices including the Pi but none of them can see the Pi or visa versa. can anyone help please?

Edit: I should add that this is a cabled network not wifi

Hi,

The Raspberry Pi, running Linux (I assume Raspbian) is a different machine than Windows 10 as regarding the network.
You will have to learn about IP numbers and such, the naming and filesharing of Windows is not native to the Pi out of the box. It is doable with some study, see https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... te-access/ for example.

At least you should see the Raspberry Pi via a scanner program like the Advanced IP Scanner. Then you have its ip number.
And on the Pi itself, run a terminal and type ifconfig to see the network info.

Can you ping devices from the Pi and vice versa ?

ghans

Thanks for the help.

If I try to ping any item on my network I get the following:

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

Antonyvw wrote:If I try to ping any item on my network I get the following:

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

That's a known bug in one of the recent releases. You can fix it with "sudo chmod u+s /bin/ping". Then ping should work.

rpdom wrote:

Antonyvw wrote:If I try to ping any item on my network I get the following:

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

That's a known bug in one of the recent releases. You can fix it with "sudo chmod u+s /bin/ping". Then ping should work.

I met the problem of "ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted", the command "sudo chmod u+s /bin/ping" helped me to rectify it. Now I am facing another issue. I tried to browse in Epiphany Web Browser, but it is showing a oops window. While placing the mouse pointer over the icon for internet connectivity, it showing "eth0: Configured 169.254.8.217/16". Please help me to solve this make it smooth to browse in Epiphany Browser.

Thank you,

9495944760 wrote:

rpdom wrote:

Antonyvw wrote:If I try to ping any item on my network I get the following:

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

That's a known bug in one of the recent releases. You can fix it with "sudo chmod u+s /bin/ping". Then ping should work.

I met the problem of "ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted", the command "sudo chmod u+s /bin/ping" helped me to rectify it. Now I am facing another issue. I tried to browse in Epiphany Web Browser, but it is showing a oops window. While placing the mouse pointer over the icon for internet connectivity, it showing "eth0: Configured 169.254.8.217/16". Please help me to solve this make it smooth to browse in Epiphany Browser.

Thank you,

Your RPi's ethernet interface does not have a proper IP address. BTHomehub5s default to using the 192.168.1 subnet and issue DHCP addresses in the range 192.168.1.64 to 192.168.1.253.

The 169.254.8.217 address is a self-generated address by the RPi when it asks for a DHCP address but for some reason does not get one.

[img]Pictures[/img]Please help me out to rectify this IP settings.

9495944760 wrote:[img]Pictures[/img]Please help me out to rectify this IP settings.

1. Please do not hijack threads. Start you own.

2. And when you do, ensure that it contains details of the problem you are having.

9495944760 wrote:[img]Pictures[/img]Please help me out to rectify this IP settings.

Please stick to your own post it is confusing and unhelpful to OP to hijack his Post

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