> Hi!
> I guess you are right, Im using a RJ45 no hub, no special cable...the guy
> in the store told me just to link 'em....
> Have to get a hub or some other cable then.Is BNc better ? I can use both
> :-)
> Thank a lot, Have a great day !
> J.Alver
> Hi !
> I was wondering if anyone could help me out and tell me how to get a
> working
> connection between my Slackware box and my second machine running
> FreeBSD
> 3.2 ?
> Both machines use 3com ethernet cards and seem to be found correctly
> at
> boot-up. I've tried ping 192.168.1.2 from the BSD box, giving me a
> *host
> down* message.When ping 192.168.1.1 from the linux box it just tells
> me a
> that all packages were lost....and so am I :-)
> I think I've set hostnames etc correctly, but I'm so new to the
> whole idea
> of connecting two machines that even the tutorials leave me a bit
> confused
> to say the least.
> If there is an easy way of doing this I would greatly appreciate any
> help I
> can get. The idea is to set the BSD box up as a fileserver, and
> eventually
> connect to the internett through it and maybe allowing friends to
> dial.
> Take care everyone, happy computing !
RJ45 is undoubtedly the faster medium, but BNC is the easier to use. Making a
special RJ45 cable is fairly easy and cheep, although you need a special tool to
attach the connectors.
On one end, from top down, the wires should be the standard ISO colour code:
White / Orange
Orange
White / Green
Blue
White / Blue
Green
White / Brown
Brown
and at the other end, swap the orange and green pairs, i.e.:
White / Green
Green
White / Orange
Blue
White / Blue
Orange
White / Brown
Brown
Take this order along to your local family owned corner computer shop (not a
chain store - they'll look at you like you're from another planet), and they'll be
happy to knock it up for you.
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Well, that's my $0.02 worth,
Matt
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