Hello there,
silly question, but you are using a CROSSED (*)
ethernet cable for this back-to-back connection, right ?
Because a STRAIGHT cable, the same kind you would use
to patch your machines into a existing network, does
not work in a back-to-back connection, you have to use
CROSSED cables. I use a crossed 10BaseT cable to connect my
laptop back-to-back with my home machine (direct connection
between their network cards) - it's by far better and
faster than a Serial or Parallel Nullmodem link.
*: assuming you use 10BaseT cables with RJ-45
connectors and not old 10Base2 cables
with coaxial connectors.
DJ.
Switzerland, Europe.
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> Betreff: [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
>
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