I'm trying to make a ethernet-connection between two computers in order to replace the up to now used plip.
I put in the laptop a linksys PCMPC100 an it got recognized immediately. I put in the desktop-machine a linksys LNE100TX, compiled the supplied drivers and put the results pci-scan.o and tulip.o into /lib/modules/2.2.17/net. I took the plip down and fired up the eth up with: >ifconfig 192.168.0.3 eth0 up at one side and >ifconfig 192.168.0.1 eth0 up at the other side. I can ping each other: ROOT> ping 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.7 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms --- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.4/0.4/0.7 ms ROOT> Then I checked: ROOT> route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 ROOT> This is the same on both ends. Then I tried : ROOT> route add -host 192.168.0.3 on machine "a" which should get 192.168.0.3 SIOCADDRT: No such device ROOT> route add -host 192.168.0.1 gave me the same result SIOCADDRT: No such device ROOT> I read the NET3-4-HOWTO but got no clue. Anyone else a tip for me? Tx Matth