On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 07:39, Lanman wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- cant u make a crosover cable by swithcing 2 of the wires // i forgot which 2 tho ... jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GNU Linux
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