Re: connecting two computers using crossover cable - redhat 7.3 and win2000

[Phil Robeson <philrobeson yahoo com>]

If the Windows machine recognizes a conflict then you
are connected.  Just what exactly are you trying to do
that doesn't work?  I assume you pinged the loopback
address on each and pinged the other PC on each...what
else are you trying?

Phil

--- Paul Barriscale <barrisca e-merge ie> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to connect two computers using a
> crossover cable but don't seem
> to be having much success. I have an Intel Ether
> Express 100 on Redhat machine
> and a 3Com card in Win2000 machine. Redhat IP
> addresse is 192.168.1.1 (netmask
> 255.255.255.0) with no gateway entry and Win2000 is
> 192.168.1.2 (netmask
> 255.255.255.0) with no gateway entry either. Not
> having any luck with this.
> As far as I can tell both cards work ok and cable
> has been tested. Am I
> missing something?
> 
> Also have noticed that when I changed ip address on
> redhat machine to 192.168.1.2
> Win2000 machine did complain about a IP conflict and
> gave MAC address of
> redhat machine as source of conflict.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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