Networking/connecting two laptops together issues...

[sandyd]

Thats a typo, should be

arp -n

Sorry about that

[grouchyolddude]

o@o-Vostro-1000:~$ arp -n
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.1.1 ether 00:23:69:a7:53:b4 C

I shoulda know it needed a space in there

[sandyd]

I shoulda know it needed a space in there

So the IP isnt even in the arp cache....
/me is stumped at the moment, and will take another look in the morning

Actually, can you post the output of

route -n

Since there are two interfaces, you need a route so that the system knows what interface to go out of

[grouchyolddude]

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 eth1
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth1
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1

[sandyd]

Below command should add the route on the computer

sudo ip route add 192.168.10.0/24 dev eth0

[grouchyolddude]

o@o-Vostro-1000:~$ sudo ip route add 192.168.10.0/24 dev eth0
RTNETLINK answers: File exists

[grouchyolddude]

but the connection to the Sharp now keeps disconnecting ,connecting, disconnecting .. uhg!

[sandyd]

but the connection to the Sharp now keeps disconnecting ,connecting, disconnecting .. uhg!

so both computers can ping now?