On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 03:52:27AM -0700, Nick Willson wrote: > > Seeking help persuading a desktop and laptop to talk to each other over a > private network (192.168.0.0). > > The 'link' LEDs at both ends remain dark and no communication appears to be > taking place. Ping from either side results in 100% packet loss, and telnet > from either side results in 'No route to host'. It's just some silly > misconfiguration, I hope. More details below, all help welcome. > <stuff snipped> > Desktop > ------- > Mostly Slink plus upgrades to get to 2.2.14. It has two Linksys ethernet > cards. One connects to a DSL modem, the other to the laptop. The card > connected to the DSL modem works fine, the other doesn't. The result is the > same with the cards' roles swapped in /etc/network/interfaces, so I know that > both cards can work. Same with cables swapped, so both cables are OK. > > netbase version is 3.18-1. <stuff snipped> > > Laptop > ------ > Mostly Potato. It has a Linksys PMCIA dual function network/modem card. > While > impersonating the desktop (same fixed IP, etc) and connected to the DSL > modem, > it works fine. When connected to the desktop (and after switching scheme) it > doesn't. > > netbase version is 3.18-2. >
When you connect the laptop to the desktop, how are you doing the connection? If you are using CAT-5 cable, then you need to either: 1) Use a hub between the machines or 2) Use a crossover cable When using CAT-5 you can't use a "regular" cable to directly connect the two machines. It's my gues that you're trying to do a direct connect with a "regular" cable. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E | Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
