Re: [TCLUG:8925] ip masquerading help

[Dave Erickson <gsa700xxx@mediaone.net>]

^chewie wrote:
> 
> 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

Can I but one of these cables or is this a do it yourself type thing?

Thanks

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