Marc Shapiro wrote: > I tried a crossover cable, with the same results, but > I am not convinced that it is working, either. This > evening I am going to try and see if I can get it (and > my switch) tested. I suggest running tcpdump (with the -n switch) on both boxes then try pinging each from the other. That will show whether anything is getting through. More generally, any time that you have a networking problem which can't be resolved by trial-and-error within a couple of minutes, run a packet sniffer and watch what is actually going across the wire. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html