"Antoniou, Stylianos" wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> I have configured two PCs (Mandrake7.0 & RedHat6.1) in my college network.
> When the network cards are connected to the network sockets everything is
> fine,I have access to the www from both and when I ping from one to the
> other I can get a connection. For example:
> # ping 155.198.91.168
> PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) from 155.198.91.82 : 56(84) bytes of
> data.
> 64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
> 64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
> ...
> However, when I directly connect the two network cards connection is not
> established, i.e.
> # ping 155.198.91.168
> PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) 56 bytes of data.
>
> What am I missing?
> Thanks, in advance
> Stelios
a crossover cable? I would assume that the wiring in the school goes to
a hub of some type that takes care of "crossing" the wires. Using the
same cable to connect the two computers won't work. Pin 1 is connected
to pin 1 in both computers etc which means that transmit is connected to
transmit. If you can't find a crossover cable, you need a hub.
