On Saturday 23 June 2001 03:52, you wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:25:07AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > > 2 comps connected to a hub which gets it's 'uplink' from the gateway. one > > of these computers can ping the gateway (both external ip and internal) > > and the net. while the other can only ping the other none gateway > > computer but neither the internal or external ip of the gateway. > > Try it with the gateway plugged into an ordinary socket. Leave the > "uplink" port unused.
and voila, the newbie's troubles end. I'd ask why.. but i'm too tired to be curious. time to sleep. cheers Joost, Brendon