>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> The NICs are EtherLink III cards connected through a hub Dale> using twisted pair cable.
Two idle questions: are you sure you have straight-through cables, have you tried directly connecting the machines to each other with a cross-over patch cable, have you install tcpdump on both systems & checked whether any ethernet traffic is actuall occuring on either card? OK, that was actually three idle questions. :) -- Stephen --- Long noun chains don't automatically imply security. - Bruce Schneier