Re: Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-16 Thread Dr. Aldo Medina
Matthew Dalton wrote: > > I've followed PLIP-Howto steps, but even when I already > > tried two cables (which work under Windows, I know this doesn't prove > > anything, but..) > > It proves that the cables are okay. > > >, I still can't make this to work. I stop in the ping > > step. My potato

Re: Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-16 Thread Dr. Aldo Medina
I own a cd burner and two CDROM, so I'm doing this overall as a "training" in net conections, but I must resolve this before I can take a most difficult challenge: a real mini-home-Lan Chris Majewski wrote: > > No idea, but I had the same problem last summer, and gave up (I was > setting up a

Re: Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-15 Thread Matthew Dalton
Chris Majewski wrote: > > No idea, but I had the same problem last summer, and gave up (I was > setting up a new machine and ended up transferring the data via 100M > Zip disks).. Well, I've done it. It's how I installed debian slink onto my laptop (over a year ago now). I used an anonymous

Re: Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-15 Thread Chris Majewski
No idea, but I had the same problem last summer, and gave up (I was setting up a new machine and ended up transferring the data via 100M Zip disks).. -chris "Dr. Aldo Medina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to connect my PII 350 with Debian 2.2r2 potato (kernel > 2.2.17) with my PI

Re: Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-15 Thread Matthew Dalton
"Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote: > > I'm trying to connect my PII 350 with Debian 2.2r2 potato (kernel > 2.2.17) with my PIII 800 with Debian woody (2.2.18 recompiled) using a > "laplink" cable. > I've followed PLIP-Howto steps, but even when I already > tried two cables (which work under Windows, I know

Can't connect two debian boxes via PLIP

2001-02-15 Thread Dr. Aldo Medina
I'm trying to connect my PII 350 with Debian 2.2r2 potato (kernel 2.2.17) with my PIII 800 with Debian woody (2.2.18 recompiled) using a "laplink" cable. I've followed PLIP-Howto steps, but even when I already tried two cables (which work under Windows, I know this doesn't prove anything, but..), I