[ale] Network setup

[robertheaven at mediaone.net (Robert Heaven)]

On each machine type "ifconfig" to verify the 
ethers are "UP", are both on the same subnet and both have the same subnet mask. 
If they're not up, you have a configuration problem.
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Also, check the /var/log/messages file to see if 
their are any error messages.
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  I've set up a network with 2 machines. Each 
  machine has??an ethernet card(eth8029) and they are connected by means of 
  a cable. Now this setup works fine on Windows, but each machine cannot detect 
  the other in Linux. I've setup the device drivers and the devices are 
  initialised. When I try to ping the other machine it says "Destination host 
  unreachable" 
  Could some one help me out on this?
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  Thanks,
  Rajani
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