On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 16:30, Joshua L. Jones wrote: > Hello. > > I would like to network my rh 9 laptop with my rh 7.3 desktop. When > they are both plugged into the hub, on boot up they say the the ethernet > connection has failed. How do I get them to talk to each other?
Both of your machines are expecting to find a DHCP server to send them their configuration (IP address, etc). What you need to do is configure them to use static ip addresses. Then they'll talk. What kind of talking do you want them to do? Anyway, on rh73, probably run netconf and set the ip network to 192.168.0.1 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0. Then on rh9, use the gnome-foot/system-settings/network-configuration. Then modify eth0 to use static ip addr of 192.168.0.2 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0. (you can swap the ip addrs around and use any valid private ip addr). The tricky stuff comes when you want one machine on the internet and acting as a router/firewall for the other. > > Would it solve the problem if I formatted, and then installed rh 9 on > the desktop and specified installation for a server? Nope. You need to configure their ip addresses. > > Also, my home has no internet connection, which may be complicating > things... It simplifies things, actually. If you want to share files, then we'll need to tell you about nfs. Maybe samba. > > Thanks, > josh > > > > ______________________________________ > Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu > Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
