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Re: Connecting Win 95 to Linux using ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Izauddin Mohd Isa)
Mon Sep 16 01:00:25 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:42:27 -0800 (GMT+8)
From: Izauddin Mohd Isa <izauddin@guru.polycyber.com.my>
To: Nicholas Eggleston <nico@ar.com.au>
cc: "'linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu'" <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BBA360.2441CAA0@voyager>
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Nicholas Eggleston wrote:
> I am trying to connect my Win95 machine to Linux. I have setup ne2000
> compatible cards in both Win95 and Linux and they both seem to work fine.
> I am unable to ping either way, in short they are not communicating
> with each other. Do I have to start the networking option (ie net start)
> before anything works. I want to be able to ftp, telnet etc and have a dedicate
> TCP/IP link to the machine. Would a PLIP interface be more appropriate.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Nicholas
>
> Email: nico@ar.com.au
>
If you already setup networking on both machine, u need to check wheather
both machine have the same subnet address, so that they can see each other
in the network. For Win95 you need to enable / install the tcp/ip driver
for the network card.
Rgds
Din
