[wellylug] scp from windows to linux / Address family not supported

Jonathan Harker jharker at massey.ac.nz
Mon Mar 15 11:33:15 NZDT 2004


E.Chalaron wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I have a small issue here, but do not really understand where the trouble is.
> I have a local lan on 192.etc....  
> One machine(4) is a dual one, and I want to be able to connect from windows 
> to machine6.
> Samba is installed on 6 and I can see it in windows neighbour.. (though I can 
> not browse or write onto it, maybe config).
> 
> Now, this machine(4) is supposed to go home soon or later and I want to use 
> Winscp to copy files from machine4 to machine6.
> 
> Winscp install went ok, though the winscp soft is now telling me :
> "Network error. Address family not supported by protocal family" 
> 
> Funny thing is If I ping machine6 from windows I can see it.
> So is it a real network issue or a winscp issue ?
> Should I stop samba ? It seems to be a bit redundant with scp ?
> 
> Thanks a lot 
> Edouard

Are your two machines on the same subdomain, so that only the last number is 
different, eg. 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2

Also, is it 192.168.x.y because it might be complaining about an unrecognised 
Class B address

Cheers,
J




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