Probably. My guess is that you have on each computer only a static route to
the cable-modem gateway. You want to add a static route directly between the
two.
On the Linux host, you'd do this with the "route" command. The entry (which
you can probably put in /wherever_RH_keeps_it/rc.local) is about like this:
route add -host 12.34.56.78 eth0
Try that (with the Win98 host's IP address) by hand and see if your routing
table ("route -n") then shows a route to the Win98 host.
I expect there is a similar command for WinXX, but I don't know it. It might
also be possible to set up the two hosts as a network, but that's only
possible if the address space they occupy allows you to define a workable
netmask that covers both of them and doesn't cover other hosts you might
want to reach. I'd need to know the actual addresses (and what other, unused
addresses you "own") to help with that part.
If my initial guess is wrong, you'll need to provide more detail for better
help. Let ussee the output (on the Linux host) of
ifconfig -a
route -n
and equivalent information for the Windows host.
At 01:06 AM 6/4/00 -0600, Geoffrey Milburn wrote:
>heres the setup
>
>p2 450 downstairs, win98
>celeron 533 upstairs, rh 6.2
>
>both have a seperate ip, but are running off a single cable modem
>attached to a hub. ie both have 24.*.*.* ips. the only problem is that i
>get terrible speeds from computer to computer... for a direct connection
>into a hub, i really shouldnt be getting 60kb/s off a potentially 10mbit
>link. the only thing i can think of is that the packets are going out to
>the gateway, and then getting sent back to the hub... so is there a way
>i can set up routing so that the connection between the two computers
>improves? cause its frustrating to have this, when they're mere feet
>apart...
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
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Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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