On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:35:06 -0800 Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OS: Mandrake 9.0
> 
> I'm not sure if this is possible but I'll see if any of you guys know 
> how to do this.
> 
> I have a cable modem connected to a hub.  Then two linux boxes connected
> 
> to that hub.  They each have their own IP addresses.  When I transfer 
> files from one to the other, the speed is limited by the speed of my 
> internet connection (which is around 256kbps).
>
> How do I make it so that my linux boxes can transfer files at the 
> maximum LAN speed of the hub?  Or to rephrase:  how do I route the 
> packets so that they don't have to go out to the internet and then come 
> back to the other pc but instead go straight through the hub from one pc
> 
> to another?

Are the IP addresses in the same subnet?  What are the IP addresses _and_
netmasks on each* host?

* asymmetric routing is a possibility if all hosts don't agree on their
view of the subnet.  
 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sevatio
> 
> 
> 

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