local network

[Ellis Skinazi]

Typing "ifconfig" at the console (text) should give the results you noted
below for the "eth0:" device on each machine - assuming you have one NIC in
each machine. The "lo:" device is usually 127.0.0.1.

If not, then you need to type "netconfig" at the console to configure the
NIC ("eth0:") in each machine.


HTH & regards
Ellis


-----Original Message-----


Ok, sorry to break the thread, but I'm booted in linux and can't get to any
of the previous messages to reply. I have a working network card in both
machines, but whenever I try to ping, I get the message "network is
unreachable"

Basically, what I need is a hand holding walkthrough. Again, what I'm trying
to do is set up a local network between my two computers (G4 running
yellowdog and PII running redhat). I have working network cards in both
machines and they are joined by a crossover ethernet cable.

Here are my configurations so far (but I can change them to whatever anyone
suggests)

Mac:

ip:192.168.0.1
netmask:255.255.255.0
default gateway:192.168.0.15

Pentium:

ip: 192.168.0.15
netmask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.0.15

I would rather do all of my setup in the command line to leave no doubt as
to what the settings are, but alas, I'm a newbie and I'm only in the third
week of my Intro to Unix class. So any suggestions would be appreciated and
please treat me as if I'm in kindergarten. When people refer to certain
config files that need to be configured, I usually have no clue. My unix
understanding doesn't go far beyond navigating the file structure and
editing in vi. I just learned a little about redirection and pipelines, but
please go easy on me.

Muchas Gracias mis amigos,

Russell Brunet