> | Two computers :
> | One running Windows connected to Internet with modem. Have NIC in Windows box, IP = 192.168.10.100
>  
> is the windows machine doing natting? 
No, the Windows box is at the moment not connected to the Internet, just the laptop connected via a cross-over cabel to the NIC in the PC. 
> | Laptop (IBM Thinkpad 570E) with RH 7.1, Kernel 2.4.2
> | NIC is Xircom RealPort2 - I haven't been able to find this on any hardware comp list.
> 
> if it comes up under linux, dont worry about it, just keep track of what
> driver it uses and remember it when/if you reinstall/recompile kernel.
Not going to do kernel recompiling yet, not good enough. Not sure what you mean by come up under Linux. Under ifconfig it says eth0 is UP. How do I find what drivers it uses?   
> | When booting I get an error message that something failed. If this is the same as the message obtained by dmesg then it is : autonegotiation failed; using 10mbs.
>  
> what are you using to connect the two machines? do you have a hub
> between the two? or crossover cable?
Crossover cable.
> | Done my ifconfig stuff, added the default gateway and a route but when pinging I get destination host unreachable.
>  
> ok, is either machine doing nat for the other? how are you determining
> the gateway?
No NAT, did route add default gw with IP address and netmask.
> | Matt (Sorry it's Red Hat waiting for Debian to be delivered) Bunter
> 
> Whatever works for you, dont be fooled into thinking one thing is
> outright better than another, they are different and its very much up to
> personal tastes...
>  
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