Re: [Rule-list] *Some* good news: can ping IP addresses on LAN

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Sunday 05 May 2002 05:34 am, Eugene Wong wrote:
> Hi Michael, and all.
>
> I just checked the hubs and it turns out that I wasn't even physically
> connected! *Sigh* Sorry for the waste of time. Forgive me?

NO! ;)

> After connecting, I found that the cables weren't crossed where they
> should be. So we have one full hub acting as a crossover cable, so it
> would seem. I'll take care of that later. At least I can ping the local
> addresses.

You're using crossover cables with a hub? I didn't think that was 
possible. I could well be wrong, but i thought only switches could do 
that.

> What confuses me still is that when I switched the cables, so that this
> was disconnected from the LAN & Internet, and the Rule computer was
> connected to both, it still couldn't reach the Internet, but could
> reach the LAN. I must be tired.

> Thanks for your help, Michael. Maybe I'll try to get a private ftp
> server up and running to test the installation script, some day. Oh,
> well.

You may not need an ftp server setup. News to follow.....

Installing via a local network will be much faster, unless you have a 
speedy connection. I have a cable modem, and even that seems slow when 
trying to do a remote install.

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- -Michael

pgp key:  http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt
Red Hat Linux 7.2 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/
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