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cce.zizkov AT volny.cz wrote:
>
> I finally got two terminators, two T-connectors, but
> unfortunately no ping, yet.

In order for the ping to succeed, eth0 must be up on both 
machines, they must have different addresses, they must 
have a route to each other and the cable between them must 
be good.

> Here is output of these commands from one machine:
> 
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:AD:08:2B:E6
>       inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>       RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>       TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>       Collisions:0
>       Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300
> 
> Destination  Gateway  Genmask        Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> basicnet        *     255.255.255.0    U     0     0  1    eth0
> 
> Any idea, what is wrong?

Nothing wrong with that machine.  eth0 is up at 192.168.1.1 and 
it has a route to 192.168.1.x (basicnet).  As long as your other
machine has an address in the 192.168.1.x range, it can be reached.

Cheers,
Steven