OK, uname -a results:

Linux otdp1 2.6.9-67.0.7.ELsmp #1 SMP Sat Mar 15 06:33:45 EDT 2008 x86
+_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[download]

Linux ltcons1 2.4.21-32.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 15 21:17:59 EDT 2005 i686
+ i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[download]

Both machines are connected to the internet. For instance, I can manually ftp to one of the CPAN mirror sites from both machines.

$PATH is:

.:/home/sgriffit/perl:/home/sgriffit/bin:/home/sgriffit/unix/bin:/usr/perl5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin