Satanic Atheist
07-12-2001, 04:38 AM
Hi there,
In case any of you read the Hardware board, I've found a temporary solution to the Voodoo problem, and since the machine will be headless soon, it doesn't matter, but my machine config is there...
The problem I have now is that I am trying (very badly) to set up a simple network between my desktop and my laptop. The desktop will eventually also be a Gateway to the Internet with Firewall settings, Masquerading et al.
The only problem is they won't ping eachother.
The desktop uses an SMC Etherpower II 10/100 network card whilst the laptop uses a PCMCIA (obscure) 3COM Dell card and runs Win'95 (it's too old to run '98). The desktop runs Win2k and RedHat 7.1. When I'm running Win2k the computers can see eachother and quite happily chat away, Masquerading works fine for the laptop running through the desktop and file transfer is swift and seamless.
I was using BNC connections between the two, but tried RJ45 but still to no avail. The hub registers data being transferred FROM one machine, but it seems to stop at the hub (the other machine doesn't reply).
DNS is disabled (not that it makes any difference) and the Desktop runs on an IP of 192.168.1.1 and the Laptop on 192.168.1.2. The Gateway is *not* set up, although I have tried it and it still makes no difference. The (SMC) card is recognised by Linux and it's quite happy to ping itself, and it seems fine. But no matter what I try, they just won't talk!
I realise that I'm providing very scant details about my setup here, but I think you understand what I'm trying to achieve... if anyone would like to help me, then please do and I'll provide as much (or as little) information as you need.
The routing tables seem to be in order as well... but not even setting up the laptop as a direct route seems to make a difference!
This has stumped myself (who's trawled the Internet for hours looking for solutions) and a friend of mine who's successfully completed this operation on several machines.
Could it be the drivers? I was wondering about TCP/IP compatibility between the two machines. I know it's only a protocol, but maybe I've missed a few settings somewhere along the way?
Many Thanks,
James
In case any of you read the Hardware board, I've found a temporary solution to the Voodoo problem, and since the machine will be headless soon, it doesn't matter, but my machine config is there...
The problem I have now is that I am trying (very badly) to set up a simple network between my desktop and my laptop. The desktop will eventually also be a Gateway to the Internet with Firewall settings, Masquerading et al.
The only problem is they won't ping eachother.
The desktop uses an SMC Etherpower II 10/100 network card whilst the laptop uses a PCMCIA (obscure) 3COM Dell card and runs Win'95 (it's too old to run '98). The desktop runs Win2k and RedHat 7.1. When I'm running Win2k the computers can see eachother and quite happily chat away, Masquerading works fine for the laptop running through the desktop and file transfer is swift and seamless.
I was using BNC connections between the two, but tried RJ45 but still to no avail. The hub registers data being transferred FROM one machine, but it seems to stop at the hub (the other machine doesn't reply).
DNS is disabled (not that it makes any difference) and the Desktop runs on an IP of 192.168.1.1 and the Laptop on 192.168.1.2. The Gateway is *not* set up, although I have tried it and it still makes no difference. The (SMC) card is recognised by Linux and it's quite happy to ping itself, and it seems fine. But no matter what I try, they just won't talk!
I realise that I'm providing very scant details about my setup here, but I think you understand what I'm trying to achieve... if anyone would like to help me, then please do and I'll provide as much (or as little) information as you need.
The routing tables seem to be in order as well... but not even setting up the laptop as a direct route seems to make a difference!
This has stumped myself (who's trawled the Internet for hours looking for solutions) and a friend of mine who's successfully completed this operation on several machines.
Could it be the drivers? I was wondering about TCP/IP compatibility between the two machines. I know it's only a protocol, but maybe I've missed a few settings somewhere along the way?
Many Thanks,
James