a call for help to any networking people! i need a little help setting up a local network to connect an OS X powerbook and a linux desktop, using a small 4 port hub. what i'd ideally like to do is to have internet access on my linux computer, but be able to ssh into my OS X laptop to grab files i need. what i've attempted so far is plugging my cable modem into the uplink slot of the hub, and plugging my powerbook and linux box into ports 2 and 3. the powerbook auto-detects the internet connection and runs fine -- my linux box doesn't seem to be able to do this, although it can auto-detect fine when plugged directly into the cable modem. so that's problem number one: how can i get the linux box to detect the internet connection when connected through the hub? the second question is how to get the two computers networked ok. i tried assigning the linux box an internal ip address 192.x.x.x using ifconfig, which works fine. but when i attempt to ssh into the box from my powerbook using that internal ip address, nothing happens. i have ssh enabled on the linux box. when i try to nmap the internal ip address from my powerbook, it shows no open ports, so obviously i'm doing something wrong. sorry if this is a little vague -- i'm a complete novice at networking. if anyone needs more info, i will be happy to provide it. if it helps, i am using a powerbook g3 with OS 10.3.1, and an athlon XP 2000 running debian 2.4.21, with a Hawking 10Base-T 4 Port Hub. thanks for any help! best, nick _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list