> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have asked this before but didn't get an answer.
> 
> At home I've got two computers a Macintosh LC 475 and an Macintosh IIcx.
> Both thoose computers is equiped with an ethernet card. I have no
> connection to a another network.

Everything below seems fine. Your setup is like the one I have at
home, except I used 10.0.0.X/255.255.255.0 for my net.

The last sentance above explains why you don't need a gateway. There's
no where to gate to! You'll just have a setup w/o a default IP
route. Or, if you fire up ppp/slip w/ ipnat on one machine, make
it the gateway for the other machine. :-)

> I have attached ONE ethernet cable (Twisted Pair) between the card of
> each computer. We may call it a Point To Point connection. This cable is
> switched in the opposite ends, to avoid network jam and crashes. It
> works when using ethertalk between the computers.
> 
> My question:
> Is it possible to run a TCP/IP network based on my equipment. I have
> tried myself, but wihtout success. What I did was to create my own
> network, 134.138.220, and gave the LC 475 IP-address 134.138.220.10 and
> the IIcx 134.138.220.20. The subnet mask for both machine is set to
> 255.255.255.0. But the gateway? I don't have one. Can I set the opposite
> IP-addresses, gateway for the IIcx 134.138.220.10 and for the LC 475
> 134.138.220.20?

Take care,

Bill