what is my gateway ip address?

in the former setting environment:
192.168.1.1 is the linksys as gateway.

BUT I want to test certain setting :

a cross yellow cable is connected from win 98SE with linux rh 7.2.

both machines were declared with 192.168.1.1 as gateway.

I can login using putty.exe but it is very slow.

what should I declare in the gateway with the new setting so that I can do some testing.

since you use no gateway but direct-connection, you need to setup none. actually you must not setup one, this is probably why you have so long delays.

1. what is the IP of your two machines?

2. on the linux machine, what is the output of "/sbin/route -n"

3. on the windows machine, what is the output of "route print"

random thought: things might be slow if an application that you're using is trying to do DNS lookups. For example, if you try to use SSH, the SSH Daemon on the other machine will try to do a reverse lookup, and can hang for a long time before letting you log in.

Best,
parker

1. what is the IP of your two machines?
192.168.1.99 connect to dsl cable modem and a linksys with NAT function.


192.168.1.80 -rh 7.2

192.168.1.55 ( window 98se)
192.168.1.80 is connected 192.168.1.55 with a cross utp cable.
I dial up to intenet from window 98 se so that I can test scp between 192.168.1.80 and 192.168.1.99. I telnet into in 192.168.1.80 and command was issuded in terminal.


2. on the linux machine, what is the output of "/sbin/route -n"
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


3. on the windows machine, what is the output of "route print"



Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

totally wrong approach.