At 02:56 25/10/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on both my desktop (D)
>and laptop( L).
>
>Now I'm trying to connect the two via Ethernet,
>but, even after reading the PCMCIA howto, NAG, etc..,
>and giving all commands at the root prompt , I came
>to a dead end on ARP.
[snip]
>Pinging the other way never makes it to the desktop.
Are you using a crossover ethernet cable or a standard one?? If you are
just connecting the two PC's together you need a crossover cable, which has
the configuration of 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8 ---- 3|6|1|4|5|2|7|8 instead of same
wires going to the same spot at each end
Regards
Geoff Croxson
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