Networking Question

[Nelson Garcia]

Are interfaces up? (ifconfig)
Can each machine ping other machines? (maybe a bad cross-over cable)
How are you looking up names and ip addresses? That may not necessarily mean
that the machines are talking.

First thing I would check is 'ifconfig' on both machines.
If both machines' interfaces are up, I would go after the cable.

I hope that helps.
Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Beeson [mailto:beesond001 at hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 12:45 PM
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Subject: [luau] Networking Question


Titel: Networking Question7/7/01
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Aloha all,
I am still trying to get my two computers to talk to each other at home.
Here is a brief rundown on what I have to work with and what I want to do. I
have one VALinux StartX MP and a Sparc20. Both machines are running RedHat
Linux 6.2, one version for Intel, one for Sparc. I am using a rolled
ethernet cable to connect the two boxes. My VALinux box will use the IP
address 192.168.1.10 and is named "VALinux." The Sparc20 is 192.168.1.20 and
is called "sparky." So far the name and IP addresses lookup OK, but I cannot
ping, ssh, or telnet across the LAN yet. Any ideas what I should try next,
or where I should look to fix this??
Thanks in advance,
Ben