On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, J. Taylor Childers wrote: > I am a physics grad at the U. I need to use a router to get two > computers to communicate. So far I haven't had any luck. I set the two > IP Addresses up as such: > > Comp 1 Comp 2 > IP: 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 > NETMASK: 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0 > GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 > > Comp 1 is running Redhat 6.2 and Comp 2 is RH9. I can ping Comp 1 from > Comp 2, but not visa versa. Comp 1 can ping itself, but not Comp 2. Any > helpful thoughts? Are you using a router, or a hub/switch/bridge? If it's a router, that won't work - they need to be on separate networks. If it's a hub, switch, or bridge, you most likely have firewalling enabled on the RH9 machine, which would explain why you can't get at it from Computer 1. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list