Maziar; Is your network cable a crossover cable or is it a normal "straight-through" cable ? In order to connect 2 computers directly together ( without a hub), you'll need a crossover cable. You should be able to buy one at your local computer shop.
Lanman *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/17/2003 at 6:34 AM maziar h wrote: >I am trying to conncet two linux boxes together >directly via their NIC cards but they are unable to >recognize each other. there is no connection and I >can't ping the other one. I have set everything >including IP address and subnet mask correctly and >they are on the same subnet. the interfaces are up and >running (I checked them thru ip route and ifconfig). >I can't think of a reason why they can't see each >other, maybe I gotta set something with ARP. I wan to >know if someone has done this here before or this is >only a hardware problem or incompatibility. >BTW. both of their nic card are 3com. > >thank you >maziar > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. >http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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