On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:34:40 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Camaleón writes:
> 
>> You can run "/sbin/ifconfig" in the old desktop PC to find out the IP
>> address in use.
> 
> 
> 
>>From the old desktop:
> 
> # ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:cb:d7:b6:c5
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0

O.k. so your old desktop is not getting any IP ("127.0.0.1" is the 
loopback address). You have to manually setup one for it.

If you need further assintance for configuring your ethernet card on your 
old desktop, just ask (also, tell us what operating system is running) :-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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