R: [Trinux-talk] (no subject)

[Valerio B. <su...@se...>]

> ok i do have my NICS connected via a cat5 cable and i've got no wierdness
in
> 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
>
> then i've got trinux ignoring dhcp and manually put in
> ip: 10.10.10.1
> netmask: 255.0.0.0
>
> 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 else
no
> routers , hubs , etc... just one computer to another and when i ping
either
> of the ip's i get
> DESTINATION HOST UNREACHABLE????

Try to ping your loopback address (127.0.0.1), if it responds then your
local NIC setup should be ok.
We already posted URLs to web pages describing how to make cross-over
cables, check them, if you are not using a hub or a switch, you need a
cross-over cable.