>be sure both machines have ips on the same network, be sure both >machines are using the same subnet mask, be sure the cable is the >right kind and/or be sure your hub/switch works.
They have consecutive IP's (192.168.1.1 and .2), and they're connected with a crosswired UTP cable. Mask is 255.255.255.0 on both boxes. >any basic networking book/page will describe this. I'm probably not looking on the right pages. All i've been able to find are examples of a win <-> win and/or a nix <-> nix setup. >no special setups to enable TCP/IP communications between a win32 >and a linux system. Windows 9* (probably win2k too) have a "workgroup" setting, I was wondering what the equivalent setting would be in Debian. Below are what the boxes are configured to: ** Windows ** IP: 192.168.1.2 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Computer name (host i presume): "venus" Workgroup: "workgroup" Gateway: none ** Debian ** /etc/networks: localnet - 192.168.1.0 IP: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Hostname: "mercury" (original huh ;)) Any help would be and IS greatly appreciated, I've set up win95 <-> win95 p2p networks before, but this is driving me nuts. -Jason
