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You can get a "link" light/indicator but still have a bad cable... Try a
different one if you've got one around...
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Steve Creel
screel@nothinbut.net
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
>Well the light that's supposed to tell you that the connection's working is
>on.
>
>
>>From: Aaron Brown <linux@fsckit.com>
>>Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
>>To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
>>Subject: Re: [Plug] Linux/W95 LAN
>>Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 06:34:49 -0700 (MST)
>>
>>Try replacing the ethernet cable on the linux box. Or test it to see if
>>that is the problem.
>>
>>--
>>-Rune
>>
>>Walk a Mile in another man's shoes, and you will risk getting Athlete's
>>Foot...
>>
>>In the Depths of the minds of the insane Fantasy and Reality are the
>>same...
>>
>>On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
>>
>>:Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:53:41 PDT
>>:From: Nick R <laktar@hotmail.com>
>>:Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
>>:To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
>>:Subject: [Plug] Linux/W95 LAN
>>:
>>:I'm trying to set up an ethernet LAN in my house. I've got a W95 box
>>hooked
>>:byto a hub which is hooked up to a Linux box. The Linux box is 192.168.1.1
>>&
>>:the W95 box is set to 192.168.1.2. I can't ping one w/ the other, but each
>>:can ping itself. When I ping the Linux box from the W95 box the light for
>>:the W95 box on the hub blinks. When I ping the W95 box from the Linux box
>>it
>>:doesn't, but it does blink when I ping the broadcast address from the
>>Linux
>>:box (192.168.1.255). Both boxes have subnets set to 255.255.255.0. I know
>>:I've probably missed something really obvious (to somebody who knows what
>>:they're doing), but I just can't think what it is. Do I need to enable
>>:something on the W95 box? Maybe the Linux box (the ethernet interface is
>>:already enabled in case you're wondering)? Other than what I've mentioned,
>>I
>>:haven't configured anything in either box that I'd think would make a
>>:differenct (I did configure the ppp interface & it is on on the Linux box
>>:though).
>>:
>>:
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