Eric Jahn wrote:
>On Friday 28 May 2004 14:13, Backward Thinker wrote:
>
>
>>>>You need a crossover cable. A normal patch cable won't work for
>>>>
>>>>
>
>I got a crossover cable and installed it between the two computers' network
>cards and I still can't ping eachother. My ifconfig eth0 shows the correct
>IP address for each computer, so what is missing? -Eric
>
>
Are the IP addresses on the same IP netblock? Do you get a link-light on
both network cards? Are both interfaces "up"?
This should Just Work (TM). My guess is either a bad cable (a physical
layer problem still), or a misunderstanding of IP networking (something
relatively simple to overcome :)
- Ian
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