> FWIW, there was just a discussion on the Dell Server list trying to use a > crossover between two recent Dell servers. > It DIDN'T work. > A normal network cable did. > Seems that some modern cards a suppose to auto-configure, but in this case > it didn't work with a crossover. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.dell.poweredge/32995 > > > Can you at least PING it? > Dennis
Sorry, I forgot to answer this. If I configure samba to listen only on eth0 (my laptop connected via a crossover cable), then I can access the shared dir. If that matters, I also configured ip masquerading so that from the laptop I can access the internet via the desktop. Fabio -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba