Crossover

[warfacegod]

I've periodically tried doing a direct connect between two computers for about 9 years with zero results. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why his is so difficult. Most of my attempts have been with Windows machines. My most recent attempt (today) has been with two Ubuntu 9.10 Linux machines. I have followed this thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1350838

However, when I use ifconfig, it isn't showing the ip address under eth0.

Thanks in advance.

[Iowan]

The cable is a crossover(wire color sequence is different on each end)?

[warfacegod]

Yes. it even says Xover on it.

[iponeverything]

are you seeing link light?

What is the ip/netmask of the machine's on each side of the link?

[iponeverything]

Do it the easy way:

Machine 1:

open a terminal and run:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Add the following section:

iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.2.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0

auto eth0

Machine 2:

open a terminal and run:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Add the following section:

iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.2.2
  netmask 255.255.255.0

auto eth0

The two machines should now be able to ping each other.

now install openssh-server, and sshfs on both machines.

from the prompt of machine one:

mkdir machine2
sshfs yourusername@192.168.2.2:/home/ machine2

You should now see a folder with other machine show up on your desktop..

[warfacegod]

On only one but on my laptop, I don't think it will light up unless the connection is actually doing something.

ifconfig dooesn't show netmask under eth0

It's 255.255.255.0 under wlan0 on both in case that helps.

[warfacegod]

Okay, I can see why your above post should work so it makes no sense to me as to why it didn't. Your help, by the way, is greatly appreciated.

No folder is on the desktop but I can go to the folder in /Home and there is nothing in it. The machines are not getting replies when I ping.

[iponeverything]

while the cable is plugged in to both boxes, run:

sudo ethtool eth0

also make sure that the two machines don't have firewall rules that are preventing them from talking..

sudo iptables -L -n

[warfacegod]

Settings for eth0:
	Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Speed: 10Mb/s
	Duplex: Half
	Port: MII
	PHYAD: 32
	Transceiver: internal
	Auto-negotiation: on
	Supports Wake-on: pumbg
	Wake-on: d
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
	Link detected: no

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

[iponeverything]

Settings for eth0:
	Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Speed: 10Mb/s
	Duplex: Half
	Port: MII
	PHYAD: 32
	Transceiver: internal
	Auto-negotiation: on
	Supports Wake-on: pumbg
	Wake-on: d
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
	Link detected: no

You might have a bad cable..