iNFERiON Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) Hi all, I am having a problem with Mandrake 10.0. I am trying to link up my laptop running mdk10 to my winXP desktop system. I set the cards to the following settings: WinXP Static IP: 192.168.0.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 MDK10 Connection Type: LAN Net Device: eth0: National Semi|DP83810 10/100 Ethernet Static IP: 192.168.0.2 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Track network card id: Yes Network Hotplugging: Yes Start at boot: Yes Host name: localhost DNS Server 1: 192.168.0.2 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 It already goes wrong when booting the system. It says Bringing up interface eth0: [FAILED] Windows says that a network cable is unplugged, so apparantly it cannot see the laptop. Most likely because the net device can not be initiated by mdk10. The card is OK, the cable plugged in. And it already says failed after 1 sec, so I guess there's something wrong with my settings so it doesn't try to connect at all. Any clues ? Edited December 15, 2005 by iNFERiON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Just a wild shot in the dark thought - are you connecting the two computers together directly, rather than through a hub or switch? If so, did you use a crossover cable? A crossover cable is needed for a direct connection. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/network...f_crossover.htm http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/abo...t-crossover.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNFERiON Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) Hmm, yeah, they are directly connected. Not sure if the current line is crossover though. I'll try connecting one that is for sure to see if it makes a difference. Edit: Ah, simple as that, that was it :P Thanks :) Edited December 15, 2005 by iNFERiON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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