Connecting 2 ubuntu machines as a LAN

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Published on 2012-06-16T14:43:56Z Indexed on 2012/06/16 15:22 UTC
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Hi i am trying to connect 2 ubuntu computers as a LAN.

In my current setup I have:

One machine running ubuntu 11.10 with Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

While the other machine is running Ubuntu 12.04 with an Atheros Communications Inc AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet

The two machines are connected via a switch (Edimax ES-3205P).

Unfortunately I still cannot connect the two machines together. Can somebody please show me what to do and how to go about solving this issue?

Thank you

ANSWERED

All I had to do was set up both ip's maually, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and left blank both gateway and DNS.

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