[My first post to this list... Hi all!]
I've got a little problem with my 3c509. I've asked around on
comp.os.linux.networking and other newsgroups as well as people on IRC
but so far I've had no luck with fixing the problem.
The situation is I have two RH 5.2 (kernel 2.2.10) linux boxes. They
each have a 3com 3c509 ISA card in them. I know the cards do work and
the RJ45 crossover cable connecting them is wired correctly and works
properly. But when I try to get my two machine to connect, nothing much
happens.
The problem seems to be with Machine A. If I ping machine A from Machine
B, machine B reports "destination host unreachable". But if I run
"ifconfig", on Machine A I can see that Machine A is recieving the
packets and is also sending another packet. I assume this other packet
to be the ping response packet. But for some reason, the packet doesn't
get to Machine B.
I figure it is some sort of routing problem. I compiled the drivers into
the kernel on each system and I set up the link using "ifconfig eth0
192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" and "route add -net 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0". The output from "ifconfig" and "netstat
-rn" is correct, so the problem doesn't seem to be there - could it be
lower level?
If anyone has any ideas on why this isn't working, could you pass them
on?
Thanks
--
Steve Maughan
Don't run away from your problems
Riding is much faster.
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