Troubleshooting XP <-> Fedora 2 crossover cable connection.

From: Manas Ranade (manasranade_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: 25 Dec 2004 02:56:14 -0800

Hi,

I have two machines with following eth configs:

Win XP Prof (no SP2):
IP: 192.168.0.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
No gateway
No DNS

Fedora Core2:
IP: 192.168.0.11
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
No gateway
No DNS
ip_forward=1

I can ping only from fedora, unable to ping from XP.

1. I havn't checked with another crossover cable since I can ping one
way. Would be a good idea to check another cable?

Pls share ur thoughts abt how I cud proceed with the troubleshooting. I
tried to search groups for other such incidents but did't come across
any. If there are/is any pls indicate.

Thanks,
Manas

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