On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 03:51:17PM -0700, Mail User wrote: > I'm having trouble setting up an ethernet, I have two > laptop comuters that i would like to network with the > help of an older desktop computer that would act as a > file server and gateway/firewall to the internet. I > understand the theory of how this works pretty well, > but in practice i don't get very far. My main problem > now is getting the > network itself setup so that the hosts can ping each > other. I can't even ping between the two little > computers with just the ethernet cable between them, so > the server isn't really a part of this problem.
Are you using a crossover cable or a hub? An ordinary straight-through ethernet cable won't work for that. [ sensible net 10 network settings ] > Now according to the network administrators guide, I > should add a route entry; so i do this "route add -host > 10.0.0.3" to which i get the error code: > SIOCADDRT: No such device. You shouldn't need to add a route for a host that's on the same network anyway. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
