Thanks for all who tried to assist me. This works well now. The problem was with wrong pinout circuit in the book that i have ( pin 1 in wrong side ). =========================================================== = Evgeny Popov ===================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] = = Water Management SCADA Centers Developer = = NT & Unix System Administrator = = ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES = = SUBSIDIARY OF MEKOROT WATER CO.LTD = > Sure i tried to connect win98 with NT with this cable. It does not work > either. > I tried to reboot both comps ( a favorite MS solution ) with the same > result. Seems that problem is not Linux-specific. > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================To > unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]