On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:06:25 GMT, Luke wrote:
> On 2004-01-11, Ian Northeast <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The problem appears to be the network link not DHCP. Your DHCP
>> configuration is probably OK.
>>
>> Have you perhaps connected the two NICs directly together and not used a
>> crossover cable?
>>
>
> Actually, all I did was use a cat 5 cable to connect the two nics... was
> that wrong? If so, what do I need to be able to use cat 5 cabling
> between the two nics just like I would do with a store-bought router?

As a rule, you use a crossover cable to connect nic to nic and a
regular cable to connect nic to router, hub, switch, cable modem, ...