Re: Trouble with toy network
On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 03:52:27AM -0700, Nick Willson wrote:
>
> Seeking help persuading a desktop and laptop to talk to each other over a
> private network (192.168.0.0).
>
> The 'link' LEDs at both ends remain dark and no communication appears to be
> taking place. Ping from either side results in 100% packet loss, and telnet
> from either side results in 'No route to host'. It's just some silly
> misconfiguration, I hope. More details below, all help welcome.
>
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> Desktop
> -------
> Mostly Slink plus upgrades to get to 2.2.14. It has two Linksys ethernet
> cards. One connects to a DSL modem, the other to the laptop. The card
> connected to the DSL modem works fine, the other doesn't. The result is the
> same with the cards' roles swapped in /etc/network/interfaces, so I know that
> both cards can work. Same with cables swapped, so both cables are OK.
>
> netbase version is 3.18-1.
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>
> Laptop
> ------
> Mostly Potato. It has a Linksys PMCIA dual function network/modem card. While
> impersonating the desktop (same fixed IP, etc) and connected to the DSL modem,
> it works fine. When connected to the desktop (and after switching scheme) it
> doesn't.
>
> netbase version is 3.18-2.
>
When you connect the laptop to the desktop, how are you doing the
connection? If you are using CAT-5 cable, then you need to either:
1) Use a hub between the machines
or
2) Use a crossover cable
When using CAT-5 you can't use a "regular" cable to directly
connect the two machines. It's my gues that you're trying
to do a direct connect with a "regular" cable.
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