setting a lan with 2 slackware pc

paulmedic555 · 06-16-2004, 07:43 AM

hi i have 2 slackware PC's and i want to connect them via LAN.i have a network card downloaded drivers for it ,insmod the driver ,use netconfig but i can't ping them any suggestions?

keefaz · 06-16-2004, 08:01 AM

You have to decide which one of the pc is the router then chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward
do /etc/rc.d/rc.ip_forward start and see what happen

This is a first step for configure the pc to be a router, second is do a script for iptables, google for a script that suit your system, there are many for iptables

Marsanghas · 06-16-2004, 08:03 AM

did you restart the network services ?

paulmedic555 · 06-16-2004, 01:56 PM

when i say " via lan" i mean siple lan connection: peer to peer!! No switch is present. Only 2 network cards in 2 different pcs!!

keefaz · 06-16-2004, 02:10 PM

on the 2 machines :
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0

on a machine:
IP : 192.168.0.1
NETMASK : 255.255.255.0

on other :
IP : 192.168.0.2
NETMASK : 255.255.255.0

SBing · 06-16-2004, 02:45 PM

You sure you got the right type of cable between the two?

You need a crossover cable yeh?

Steve

skog · 06-16-2004, 09:49 PM

yea sbing, if you dont have a hub or router or some type of appliance to plug the cables in to youll need a crossover cable not a patch cable. Check if the nic's link lights come on when the 2 are connected.

if you do have a appliance to plug into or are using a crossover cable give some more info ... check out keefaz's post ... the other stuff is a little far down the road if you just having problems pinging another machine.

paulmedic555 · 06-19-2004, 06:03 PM

ok i just find some drivers from the net for my NIC and finally worked thanks