Although I have no networking experience I'm trying to connect two pc's using an RJ45 cable and two 10baseT cards (one Com3, one SMC). This is so that I can effect an NFS install on the one box which doesn't have a CDROM drive. I'm installing slackware 8.1, and although both NIC's appear to function OK, and I can ping the local box from either, I can get no communication between them. Neither box can ping the other and attempts to set up the nfs install always result in the 'rpc.portmap - unable to recieve' error on the client. I can mount the CDROM as /mnt/nfs on the server. Part of the problem may be that I am using a home-made crossover cable - from a standard A-B cable. I found some instructions for doing this in a HOW-TO where pins 1A is switched to 3B, 2A to 6B and the return similar. However the colour codes on my wire did not match the How-to description, and I'm not sure which is 1 and which is pin8. Colours on mine are brown,blue,yellow,green,red,black,orange,grey - and I've assumed brown is no. 1. Any pointers would be useful . thanks
Glen