Network configuration

[Dan H <dunno@stoptrick.com>]

Hello folks,

I'm trying to control an external instrument via Ethernet. I've installed an additional networking card in my Debian box and connected the thing via a crossover cable.

NOTE: I've booted Windows on the same machine and was able to talk to the instrument using a supplied demo program (LabView). So, physically the connection is correct, but when I try tp PING the instrument from within Linux, I get no reply.

I don't really know where to start all this, so I'd like to know if at least my network settings are correct. I've set the address of the secondary interface to 192.168.0.1, the instrument has 192.168.0.2. Does my box automatically know to use the other card when I try to connect to an 192.168.... address?

Thanks,
--D.

Here's the output of ifconfig. What does "Link encap:UNSPEC" mean? Is that a problem?

eth0      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-10-DC-00-38-3E-C6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:76:54:FE:B1  
         .....
         (my "outside" network connection)
         .........

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:280 (280.0 b)  TX bytes:280 (280.0 b)