At 06:15 PM 2/1/00 +0000, Phil Shrimpton wrote:
Linux box - PCI Western Digital 10Mb Ethernet Card BNC Connection Win98 box - PCMCIA 10Mb Ethernet BNC Connection Cable - co-axal, T connectors on each end, each with a terminator. No Hubs or switches...
Okay, you should be good to go here. We were assuming you were using 10BaseT or similar setup. The setup you describe should be fine.
erm... I have set the IP address and netmask of the Linux box. Not done anything on the windows box, should I, if so what and where?
On the Win98 box, do "Start -> Run... -> winipcfg -> OK" and see what you get. In the dropdown, make sure you select the network interface you're trying to connect the two boxes to. Do you see any IP address etc there? If not, you need to setup a static IP on the box. If you do see stuff here, it should roughly match the information you configured the Linux box with (IP address in the same subnet with the same subnet mask). If you see nothing in winipcfg, then you'll need to enter it by hand. Right click "Network Neighborhood" on the desktop and select "Properties." Select the "TCP->{your nic here}" line and click "Properties." You can setup all the IP parameters here. Click okay all the way out and you'll be asked to reboot. Reboot. Now, see what happens.
I getting a flashing 'ACT' light on the windows box, but not 'LINK' There are no lights on the linux box
If you aren't getting a link light, you're outta luck usually. If you get the stack configured on the Win98 box and the Linux box and still nothing works, you might start looking at the hardware, but that would be the last thing to check in my opinion. Regards, Troy Denkinger -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/