Well... working with some assumptions...
To connect two NICs together without benefit of a hub, you will need a
crossover cable (pins 1&2 to pins 3&6 and pins 3&6 to pins 1&2 I think).
Another thing that can bite you is your subnet mask. Both machines need to
be a member of the same IP network number. If your mask is 255.255.255.0,
you are all right.
-----Original Message-----
From: Antoniou, Stylianos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:33 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [expert] Connection problem
Hi there,
I have configured two PCs (Mandrake7.0 & RedHat6.1) in my college network.
When the network cards are connected to the network sockets everything is
fine, I have access to the www from both and when I ping from one to the
other I can get a connection.
# ping 155.198.91.168
PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) from 155.198.91.82 : 56(84) bytes of
data.
64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
...
However, when I directly connect the two network cards with one cable, the
connection is not established, i.e.
# ping 155.198.91.168
PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) 56 bytes of data.
and nothing else. What am I missing?
Thanks, in advance
Stelios
