Windows Ethernet showing "Network cable unplugged" when connected to Linux machine : <p>I currently have a Windows 10 machine connected to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.10 machine by Cat 5 Ethernet cable. </p>

<p>I plug an Ethernet cable from <code>eth2</code> port on the Linux machine to <code>Ethernet</code> on Windows machine.</p>

<p>I run <code>ifconfig eth2 down</code> on the Linux machine to take down the network connection. The Network Connections window on the Windows Machine show that <code>Ethernet</code> is connected to an Unidentified network. I cannot ping the static ip address for <code>eth2</code> however. </p>

<p>If I run <code>ifconfig eth2 up</code> on the Linux machine to bring up the network connection Windows shows <code>Ethernet</code> as "Network cable unplugged'. When running <code>ifconfig</code> on the Linux machine the following shows:</p>

<pre><code>eth2    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr __:__:__:__:__:__
        inet addr: 192.168.1.11  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
        RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
        TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
        collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
        RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
        Interrupt:17
</code></pre>

<p>If I ping <code>192.168.1.11</code> on the Windows machine I get the message <code>Destination Host Unreachable</code>. </p>

<p>What might be causing this?</p>
