can't get a simple peer-to-peer connection to work

eyestrain

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Hi,

I recently purchased a laptop with windows 8 pre installed. I bought a crossover cable to connect it with my other linux laptop.

Linux: 10.10.0.1, 255.255.255.0

I configured Win8 from
start > control panel > network and internet > view network status and tasks >
unidentified network > ethernet > properties > internet protocol version 4:

ip: 10.10.0.10
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 10.10.0.10

These are the only steps that I need to do as far as I remember, back from the winxp days.

I turned off (norton) firewall and wifi for good measure.

I'm sad to report that this doesn't work. I feel that I'm missing something but I don't know what. Google search doesn't yield much.

to prove that the linux laptop and the cable isn't the problem, I booted up a linux liveusb on the win8 laptop's hardware, and configured peer to peer there. it works.

Anything I'm missing?

TIA
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
I came here from Google looking for a solution to this and thought since nobody has responded I will offer a solution that worked for me.

If you are running from the command line on Linux you need to configure your network as such:
IP=10.10.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=10.10.0.1

and on Windows:

IP=10.10.0.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY 10.10.0.1


The gateway and netmask both need to be configured the same on both machines.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Dual boot: Windows 8 Home Premium/Fedora 18
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