Don_A_Corbitt@cup.portal.com (02/10/90)
Simple question - I have the NCSA ftp software, and am trying to talk to a lonely UNIX 386 3.2 machine. These machines are 18" apart, both have ethernet boards, and there are no other TCP-IP machines in the "known universe". I have put the name/address of the DOS machine in the /etc/hosts file of the Unix machine, and done the equivalent on the DOS side. Whenever I try to connect, the box pauses a while (I've tried from both ends), then claims it can't find/connect to the other. I believe both ends can find the Name, and Internet address, but I don't know how they can find the ethernet ID number of the other machine. Isn't the ethernet ID required? Or does it just broadcast to ID 0.0.0.0.0.0? I can supply more details upon request. Any help is appreciated. Please email suggestions - if anyone gives me the right answer (and it's not totally embarrassing) I'll summarize for the net. Don_A_Corbitt@cup.portal.com Not a spokesperson for CrystalGraphics, Inc. "Mail flames, post apologies" "Support short signatures - three lines max" Contrary to popular belief