Re: [TCLUG:8925] ip masquerading help

[^chewie <chewie@wookimus.net>]

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Dave Erickson wrote:

DE >I followed the HOWTO as best I could and everything seems to
DE >be working but the two computers don't see each other (no
DE >green light on the nics) I had previously posted a similar

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ == usually a cable problem.  Are you
trying to connect the two computers directly to eachother or are you
going through an ethernet hub?  If you're connecting NIC to NIC, you
will need to use a crossover ethernet cable.  If you're connecting NIC
to hub and hub to NIC, you will need two striaght-through cables.

               _____
  RJ45   ______|___|______
         |1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
         `----------------'

Straight-through (both ends)
----------------------------
1: WO, 2: O, 3: WG, 4: Bl, 5: WBl, 6: G, 7: WBr, 8: Br

Cross-over (one end as straight-through, one end as follows)
------------------------------------------------------------
1: WG, 2: G, 3: WO, 4: Br, 5: WBr, 6: O, 7: WBl, 8: Bl

where W = white, O = orange, G = green, Bl = blue, and Br = Brown.


Good luck! :)

Later!

    ^chewie

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