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Sergio Duran wrote:
> I have this linux box and a windows PC connected directly one at each other
> with two 3COM ethernet cards, the cables were fixed for this setup...
>
> I cannot get any of them to ping each other, they can only ping its local eth
> ip (192.168.0.1 for the linux box and 192.168.0.2 for windows)
>
> what do I have to setup first to make this work?
> is there something special I should especify in the windows pc in the
> workgroup field in the net preferences?
workgroup is irrelevant. it's got nothing to do with tcp/ip.
either the netmasks are wrong (but ping would probably still
work) or the cards are broken or the cable is broken or
wrong. if there is no switch between the two hosts, you need
a cross over cable (red) otherwise you need a normal cable
(blue). do you have a red cable? if not, get one (or get a
switch and another blue cable).
it's possible that the routing tables are broken but that is
very unlikely unless you've explicitly removed the routes
that would have been created when the interfaces were
brought up.
raf
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