Sure, let's start from the beginning. Post the output of ifconfig (not ifconfig ethx) from both machines. Here it is :
On Thursday 21 October 2004 02:36, jim barnes wrote: main machine # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:75:7F:38:25 inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::204:75ff:fe7f:3825/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:74 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1538 (1.5 Kb) TX bytes:4710 (4.5 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xec00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:145 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:145 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10257 (10.0 Kb) TX bytes:10257 (10.0 Kb) laptop # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:43:bd:d3 inetd addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast: 192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 adr inet6:fe80::2c0:9fff:fe43:bdd3/64 Scope:lien UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 METRIC:1 RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3 collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 RX bytes:490 (490.0 b) TX bytes:1758 (1.7 Kb) interruption:3 lo Link encap:local loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0 adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:52 erors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carier:0 collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 RX bytes:2754 (2.6 Kb) TX bytes:2754 (2.6 Kb
Is your main machine connected to the internet? both machines have a modem and can connect, but no permanent connection.
Thanks again for your help. -- ________________ Paul Ollion Proud Linux user - SuSE - 9.1