On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, David Brett wrote:
> I have a laptop with RH6.2 running on it. Once in a while I will connect
> it directly with another device with a cross over cable from the ethernet
> port. To make this work I change the following
>
> change IP address from DHCP to static i.e. 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.252
> remove the old default route
> add in new default route to other device
>
> Here is the strange part. Once I have done this, from the laptop I cannot
> ping the other device, telnet or do anything. But if I go to the other
> device I can ping the laptop, tftp a file to the laptop or tftp a file
> from the laptop.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> david
>
>
Are you trying to telnet by name, or by IP? If by name, did you
remember to change the name server settings?
Are you having reverse DNS problems?
Are you running a firewall?
Mikkel
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