Re: [Trinux-talk] (no subject)

[T B. <tb...@ti...>]

On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, windham lance wrote:

> ok i do have my NICS connected via a cat5 cable and i've got no wierdne=
ss in=20

If this is true, then this is your problem.

You must use a CrossOver cable if you are just connecting two nics, not a=
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regular cat5 cable...

Or put a hub between them...  Then you need two cables.. :-)

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Ethernet devices transmit a heartbeat.  When the device is receiving the=20
heartbeat, then it lights the Link lite.  This is your indicator that the=
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two nics are wired together properly.

Both the 3com and the realtek have link lights (and an activity light=20
too).

Look to see if the link lights are lit, one on each card.  If only one is=
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lit, then you have a bad cable (or card).

Both link lights lit, then ping your own IP.  (Sometimes this will make=20
the activity lite flash on your card)  Does it flash?

Then ping the other IP.  This should make the activity flash on your own=20
nic as it tries to ping the other card.  No flash?  Then you got config=20
problems on the sending side.  Flash on both cards, but still errors, you=
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may have some ipchains or iptables prohibiting the traffic. =20

> the ifconfig or dmesg commands... i've got redhat /etc/hosts file
> 127.0.0.1    localhost
> 10.10.10.10  redhat
> 10.10.10.1   trinux
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> then i've got trinux ignoring dhcp and manually put in
> ip: 10.10.10.1
> netmask: 255.0.0.0
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> i'm using a realtek NIC for trinux and a 3com PCI NIC for the redhat
> and i'm still getting the same error? i'm not connecting to anything el=
se no=20
> routers , hubs , etc... just one computer to another and when i ping ei=
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> of the ip's i get
> DESTINATION HOST UNREACHABLE????
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Timothy Burt
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