On 11/15/05, stelmack@nwlink.com stelmack@nwlink.com wrote:
Greetings,
This is an old 233MHZ "box1" or 192.168.1.1 set to be the client. It is connected to another 1GHZ "box2" or 192.168.1.2 via a crossover cable. As you can see I am able to ping the client from the client (no big excitement there), and I am able to ping the server (after much experimentation and research). (Don't ask me ALL the things I did wrong and the BIOS setting when there two NIC's installed --- whew!!!)
Why does the BIOS need to know you have two network cards? I've put 3 in a 233MHz vintage PC.
192.168.1.1 "box1" details[root@ramjet stelmack]# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:4F:CF:10:B1 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:00:07:E3:67:38 inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
Are these two network cards on the same physical network? If they are not then you should change the "1.4" to "192.168.2.1" and the broadcast to "192.168.2.255". Otherwise how is the OS to know which interface is connected to the other PC?
Hope this helps! Tim.