On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 21:13:47 -0800 Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Pierre Fortin wrote:
> > On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:35:06 -0800 Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>OS: Mandrake 9.0
> >>
> >>I'm not sure if this is possible but I'll see if any of you guys know 
> >>how to do this.
> >>
> >>I have a cable modem connected to a hub.  Then two linux boxes
> >connected>
> >>to that hub.  They each have their own IP addresses.  When I transfer 
> >>files from one to the other, the speed is limited by the speed of my 
> >>internet connection (which is around 256kbps).
> >>
> >>How do I make it so that my linux boxes can transfer files at the 
> >>maximum LAN speed of the hub?  Or to rephrase:  how do I route the 
> >>packets so that they don't have to go out to the internet and then
> >come >back to the other pc but instead go straight through the hub from
> >one pc>
> >>to another?
> > 
> > 
> > Are the IP addresses in the same subnet?  What are the IP addresses
> > _and_ netmasks on each* host?
> > 
> > * asymmetric routing is a possibility if all hosts don't agree on
> > their view of the subnet.  
> >  
> > 
> 
> Yes, same subnets (255.255.255.248) for both pcs.

OK... let's try again...  for a start, can you give the output of "route
-n" for each host?

Somehow, I've always believed what a system tells me over what a user
tells me...  :)


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