Re: Newbie needs help with LAN set up
On Thursday 26 January 2006 15:21, j Mak wrote:
> First off, I am a newbie in Linux and
> networking. I have two computers, both about four years old and both
> have built in Ethernet and LAN support. One runs ubuntu ant other
> sarge. The one with sarge connected to the Internet with dial-up
> modem. Both works perfectly. I want to hook the two computers
> together to be able to share printers, scanners and the Internet.
> Because I have little understanding about setting up a LAN, I am
> following a tutorial, I found on the Internet. So far this is what I
> have done. I bought a crossover wire and hooked up the computers. I
> tested the one with ubuntu installed with the "ifconfig eth0" command
> and was confirmed that the eth0 works. The one with sarge installed
> however doesn't recognize the eth0 interface. I get the following
> message: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
>
Humm, possibly the module that runs your hardware isn't present or
loaded. On the machine that fails eth0, what does an lspci report?
> Now, I don't know how to proceed.
>If someone with good knowledge about these issues could kindly help me
> with this problem, I would be very thankful.
>
> Regards,
>J. Mak
>
>
>
>
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