connecting 2 computers

[freagel]

I try to connect two computers with fedora core 4 using a crossover cable and an ethernet device on each computer.

 

I configured each device with

pc1:

ifdown eth0

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1

 

pc2:

ifdown eth0

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2

 

routes seem ok (it creates by default a network route) and I am also sure that the ethernet cards and the cross-over cable work, but I am unable to ping from one machine to another. Any suggestions what could be wrong?

Thanks in advance.

[anyweb]

welcome to the forums

 

can you paste the output of ifconfig on both pc's here please

 

did you check if the firewall (lokkit) was enabled while testing this ?

 

tried another network cable ?

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[freagel]

Thank you for the help

here are the results from ifconfig

 

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:F4:5D:9A:26

inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::240:f4ff:fe5d:9a26/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Interrupt:177 Base address:0x8400

 

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:6E:8E:CA:3C

inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:6eff:fe8e:ca3c/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Interrupt:185 Base address:0x8800

 

I have the firewall disabled and I use the cable that connects me to the internet so i am sure it works...

[anyweb]

I have the firewall disabled and I use the cable that connects me to the internet so i am sure it works...

 

are you sure this cable is crossover ? if it isnt then you'll be seeing exactly what you are seeing now

 

a quick way to check is to put a hub between the two pcs (that'll mean you'll need one more ethernet cable)

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[znx]

maybe check to see if the default routes are set correctly.. that is 192.168.0.1 has a default route of 192.168.0.2 and vice versa..

[freagel]

are you sure this cable is crossover ?

 

Hmm this could be the issue. I thought all cables were crossover cables o_O

Can you make a crossover cable from a regular one? And how can you be sure a certain cable is/isn't a crossover cable?

[xDamox]

I try to connect two computers with fedora core 4 using a crossover cable and an ethernet device on

 

I think when connecting two machines together just going straight to the ethernet card you need

to use straight through cable if your using a hub or a switch you use cross over cable.