Link 2 computers thanks to a "crossed" network cable

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Coume - Lubox.com wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have been using Fedora Core 1 since it came out, but there is still
>one thing that I cannot manage to get working :(
>I cannot manage to create a network between my linux laptop and another
>computer under windows (or linux). It was working fine with Mandrake :(
>
>I'm able to log onto the university network and then access the
>Internet.
>BUT if I connect my laptop directly to another computer thanks to a
>"crossed" network cable, I cannot get the computers to "speak" together.
>
>Is one of you managed to plug 2 computers like that??
>
>  
>
Start with the basics..
1. Make sure the IP addresses on each PC are correct..
2. Make sure the cable is good and working..
3. Make sure you are not running a firewall on either of the PC's..

Later..