> 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.
Hi Nick. Maybe I can help. Are you connecting the laptop and desktop
computers to a hub, or directly to each other?
If you are connecting them to a hub, standard cables are needed. If you are
connecting them directly to each other you need a cross-over cable.
I believe the pin out for a cross-over cable is:
ONE END OTHER END
1 3
2 6
3 1
4 4
5 5
6 2
7 7
8 8
I haven't read and digested all of the information that you included in your
post. I am impressed with all of the information. If the cabling doesn't
help, I will read the remaining information and see if anything jumps out.
Steve Barr
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