Re: Network Configuration 2

Justin Newton (justin@rainbow.dgsys.com)
Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:01:35 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 12 Oct 1995, Lin Feng wrote:

>
> >
> > > Good Morning,
> > >
> > > I just hooked up my PM2E to a BSDI box (through a hub), configured the
> > > PM using Livingston ISP setup example. I am running DNS on the host (which
> > > is not connectedt to the net yet though). Everything seems fine since I
> > > see PM's LEDs as well as the hub's are all lid up as they supposed to.
> > >
> > > But I can't ping the PM from the host (I got "No answer from the host")
> > > or the host to the PM (I got "Host is down" message.)
> > >
> >
> >
> > This might sound dumb, but have you checked the cable... This
> > happened to me once...
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > --
> > Patrick A. Morin
> > ClicNet Telecommunications, Inc.
> > Voice: (418) 686-CLIC
> > Fax: (418) 682-5594
>
> Patrick,
>
> Thanks for the input. I just tried different cables and it still couldn't ping
> each other. I see the Ethernet activity light lid up on the PM when I try to ping the
> host from the PM and fromt the host to the PM, they just doesn't seem to see
> each other. I wonder if there is anything wrong with my new MaxTech hub?
>

Why don't you try a cross over cable and go directly from card to card?

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