ping with crossover cable
Edward Dekkers
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Wed Jun 22 07:45:25 UTC 2005
THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 6/17/05, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> ...
>
>>>I just want transfer a small file between the computers as a test.
>>
>>Ignore the internet connection for now (unplug eth0 is you want to) and
>>concentrate on the following network connections:
>>
>>arakis eth1 <==> hub <==> caladon eth0
>>
>>If you've plugged in the cables right, you should see "link" lights on
>>your hub light up for each connection (yes?).
>
>
> yes, the hub lights up for each connection. for added simplicity,
> I've dispensed with the hub. I have no reason to doubt that the
> hub works correctly, but that's not yet established. I'm using a
> crossover cable.
>
>
>>use system-config-network to configure each ethernet card.
>
>
> in linux, arrakis eth1:
>
> activate device when computer starts: yes
> allow all users to enable and disable the device: yes
> enable IPv6 configuration for this interface: yes
> Automatically obtain IP address settings with: dhcp
> hostname: arrakis
> automatically obtain DNS information from provider: yes
>
>
> Statically set IP address:
> Address: 192.168.10.1
> Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default gateway address:
>
>
> what I'm seeing in the system-config-network gui doesn't 100%
> match with what I'm looking for. I'm not seeing NETMASK or
> BROADCAST mask.
>
Try doing things the good old manual way by editing:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
read:
/usr/share/doc/initscripts-<version number>/sysconfig.txt
for all options available to you.
Regards,
Ed.
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