[Gllug] simple lan
David Irvine
co2cool at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 18 18:56:21 UTC 2001
Leigh Mason wrote:
>hi all
>i have a patch cable from an imac to a vaio laptop which i use for file
>exchange via tcp/ip
>within browsers. (macOS and w98). i am trying to do the same thing when
>running
>linux on the laptop (rh7.0, 2.2.16) but i can't even get the mac to
ping to
>the vaio and vice versa.
>i've configured the eth0 with linuxconf and checked the:
>/etc/sysconfig/network, hosts and host.conf files and ifconfig.
>all i thought i had to do was assign an ip and subnet for a cross over
>connection.
>do i have to do anything with the routing table?
>
>any clues as to what am i missing?
>
>thanks
>
>leigh
>
>
>
Routings not my strong point but it may help to run tcpdump and see if
anything is being broadcast on the network cable when you ping. It may
help you work out what is wrong, also check your firewall, make sure it
is allowing traffice from the networks through.
Make sure your subnet masks are right, and that there is a default route
set up to go to eth0
Oh and this may sound silly but check the lights on the nic, make sure
it is signalling there is a link, and that traffic is going accross it,
usually the light blinks when a packet is transmitted, check it does so
when you ping.
HTH - but please note i reserve the right to be totally and utterly
wrong about this.
David
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