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Re: [TCLUG:6471] simple home network



It should just be a matter of plugging in the cables and starting pinging
(assuming the ethernet cards are configured). Have you tried that yet?  :)

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> Here's a question that probably a lot of people have, especially Linux
> newcomers. I'd like to set up a simple home network using the Linux box on
> my desk and the Linux laptop that I'm borrowing from school for the
> summer. The Compaq 1580DMT laptop has a 3C589D PCMCIA card and my desktop
> has a DEC Tulip-based 10/100 NIC. I also purchased a crossover Cat-5
> cable. Both NICs are well supported BTW.
> 
> What are the steps involved in getting these computer communicating? I
> don't need anything fancy like IP Masquerading or anything. The laptop
> has a modem of its own. Here are the hostnames and such:
> 
> workstation: 	beethoven.wilson.home	192.168.1.1
> laptop:		copland.wilson.home	192.168.1.2
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give. I hope that others on the list will
> learn something from this too.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> --
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> University of MN, chem. dept.		a little seltzer down your 
> wilson@chem.umn.edu			pants."   -Chuckles the Clown
> Phone: (612) 625-9828                       as eulogized by Ted Baxter
> 
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