>       I cannot for the life of me get my computers to talk to each ther.
>I have my WinNT box assigned the IP of 192.168.1.2 and my linux host is
>192.168.1.1  

On the linux box, email us the following output:

        ifconfig
        netstat -rn
        cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 


>       p.s. yes, I can ping the local machines whn I am am on them.
>       and if it matters I'm using a crossover cable, but that shouldn't
>       matter

It does matter.  If you are connecting ONLY the NT machine to the
Linux machine, you WILL need a crossover Ethernet cable.  If you
are using a hub, all computers would need to be connected with
strait Ethernet cables.

--David

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