Re: Ethernet connection

[Ariel Laganá <it@ariellagana.com.ar>]

Hi Rodolfo,

How are you connecting both PCs, are you using a switch or hub?. If you 
are connecting both devices directly to one another, you should use an 
ethernet crossover cable not a regular straight one... cause pc's nics 
don't have auto mdi/mdix capability.

Before attempting to use rsync, be sure that there's an established link 
between the pcs and that you have network connectivity (you can use 
nic's LEDs and "ifconfig" or "ethtool" for the first one and "ping" for 
the last one)

Best regards,

Ariel

On 09/02/2010 08:18 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Some months ago I managed to connect my Hyundai and Acer laptops with an
> ethernet cable.  I can copy file from one PC to another with rsync.  The file
> `/etc/network/interfaces' is edited on the Acer as follows:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth1
> allow-hotplug eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> 	address 192.168.0.1
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
>
>
> , and on the Hyundai:
>
> auto eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 192.168.0.2
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
>
>
> Now, I want to connect the Hyundai with an old desktop PC.  How do I know how
> to properly edit the same file?  I tried with eth0, eth1, 192.168.0.3, etc...,
> but they don't connect:
>
> $  rsync -vrtul --delete u 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo
> ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.2 port 22: No route to host
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
> rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(453) [sender=2.6.9]
>
>
> Please help on this issue.
>
> Thanks
> Rodolfo