[NTLUG:Discuss] simple network problem

[Ron Hamilton]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:35:40PM +0000, Geremy L. Hamlett wrote:
> I am trying to connect 2 computers together a Debian "Woody" box and a
> Windows box.  
> 
> I have the eth0 interface up and have given an IP and subnet mask address 
> to each.
> 
> When I plug in the cable from the debian box.  My hub does not show that
> anything has been connected(The ligh does not come on).  I have checked
> the cable and the hub.  The problem is with the Debian Box.  
> 
> When I run ifconfig it showed the eth0 interface is up.   When  I run
> route it also shows the eth0 info for my machine.  
> 
> A steady yellow light comes on when the eth0 interface is up. None of
> the other lights come on at all.  
> 
> 
> The card is a NetGear FA113 PCI card.  Which uses the natsemi module.
> I have the natsemi module installed.  I can't seam to find the answer
> anywhere.
> 
> Please help,
> Thanks,
> 
> P.S.  All I want to do at this point is ping another computer. Nothing
> else
> 
> 
> 
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After reading all the other replies on the list I thought I'd chime in
here.. it sounds to me like you've done everything right as well..
except one thing that is nagging me.. what sort of cable are you using
to connect the two machines?  I mean, are you using a standard cat5
cable?  or is it peer-peer (crossover).  If you are trying to connect
two computers to each other directly then you need to use the peer-peer
style.  Connecting over a hub you can use regular cat5.

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