"Antoniou, Stylianos" wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have configured two PCs (Mandrake7.0 & RedHat6.1) in my college network.
> When the network cards are connected to the network sockets everything is
> fine,I have access to the www from both and when I ping from one to the
> other I can get a connection. For example:
> # ping 155.198.91.168
> PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) from 155.198.91.82 : 56(84) bytes of
> data.
> 64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
> 64 bytes from 155.198.91.168 icmp_seq=0 tt164 time=4.2ms
> ...
> However, when I directly connect the two network cards connection is not
> established, i.e.
> # ping 155.198.91.168
> PING 155.198.91.168 (155.198.91.168) 56 bytes of data.
>
> What am I missing?
> Thanks, in advance
> Stelios
What you are missing is a crossover cable. Available for cheap at your local
computer store or you can make one yourself if you know someone with a crimper
tool (Your college network administrator?).
The "Network Socket" (hub) flips transmit circuit to receive and vice versa
for you. A crossover cable does this by crossing the wires.
CAT 5:
One end
pin1 = orange & white
pin2 = orange
pin3 = green & white
pin6 =green
other end
pin1 = green & white
pin2 = green
pin3 = orange & white
pin6 = orange
