Re: Simple Networking

[Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I have been trying to tackel simple linux networking.  I have 
>been trying to network 2 linux workstations together to swap 
>files and to share an internet conection.
>I have assigend sepret IP numbers to each machine.  I have
>confermed that the Network cards are working by issueing the
>command /sbin/ifconfig   The card responds with the IP address,
>Bcast, mask (you get the idea.

Can you ping the other machine by IP#?

What is the output of "netstat -rn" on each machine?

>Basicly I have the machins ready to work on a network, I just 
>cant make them work together.
>Can any one give me a real simple directions on how to make 
>this happen?  I have been using netcfg to set up the computers.
>Both computers are running RH 7.0

Also check "dmesg" to make sure you aren't getting any driver level 
errors from the NIC cards.

>I think I can make IP masquerading happen, I just need to get
>thease machines talking to echother.
> One final note.  When the computers boot, they hage up on
>sendmail for a while and the hub lights blink.  I do not know 
>why or what they are doing.

Your name resolver (hosts, DNS, LDAP, NIS, ...) isn't working.  Sendmail 
is trying to lookup it's name, and time-ing-out.  Try putting the machine 
name in /etc/hosts, or better, setup DNS.