At 10:24 AM -0700 4/26/02, Terry Graham wrote: >Mike, you wrote, > I suppose there is something else in the set-up I could be >>overlooking but just wondered if anyone knows of an issue using a >>crossover cable to network these two machines. TIA > >Mike, >I haven't used ethernet so I'm unfamiliar with your settings, >but a problem I once had with file sharing via serial may be relevant. > >Because my machines, like yours were side by side and were all mine, >I was using my first name as the owner of each which somehow >created a problem and "port in use" confusion with messages accompanying. > >Since I started giving each machine a different "owner" name - no problems.
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