I have two linux boxes and two windows machines linked up over a local ethernet. I use a hub, however. Don't know much about cross over cables. My two linux boxes seem to work fine in my situation they both came up without incident. I bought a hub with eight ports for $60; I think 4 port hubs are also available for less. On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 mo.valli at bt.com wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone please help? > > Basically, I have three PCs, one with WinMe and two with slakware Linux > 7.21. Now, I am able to network either one of the Linux PCs with the WinMe > PC using a crossover Ethernet cable, but I am unable to network the two > Linux PCs together. ping works with the WinMe and Linux networking > combination in either direction, but not with the two Linux PC combination > network. Further more, when I check the Ethernet ports after issuing the > ping command, the TX bytes field shows 0. and this is the same on both Linux > PCS. > > > Kind regards > > Mo. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
