Hi all!
My network problems continue......
>I've got a Win95 machine and a linux machine connected via ethernet cards
>(Realtek in both) but cannot 'ping' from one to another. This is the
>configuration I've got:
>Windows-> hostname: windows.cyllan.com
> IP address: 192.168.1.2
> Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
> DNS server search order: 192.168.1.1
> Domain suffix search order: cyllan.com
I've disabled DNS on the Windows machine.
>Linux-> hostname: debian.cyllan.com
> /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 192.168.1.1 debian.cyllan.com
debian
> 192.168.1.2 windows.cyllan.com
windows
> Set up as a DNS server
> subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>Are you pinging by hostname or IP? Unless your nameserver is setup as the
>primary for the 192.168.1.x class C then you'll be forced to use the IP.
>Information in /etc/hosts is not accessible.
ping 192.168.1.1 or debian.cyllan.com works ok on linux machine
ping 192.168.1.2 or windows.cyllan.com works ok
ping windows.cyllan.com on linux machine shows (192.168.1.2) but does not
receive response
ping debian.cyllan.com on windows machine shows (192.168.1.1) but does not
receive response
>What driver are you using under Linux (and W95 too) for the network card?
>Is the network card driver ACTUALLY loading? Use "dmesg" to go through the
>boot time kernel messages.
>Under Winborg, is it Plug'n'Play?
The driver is loaded ok on both machines.. I disabled PnP on the windows
machine for the network card IRQ (set it to ISA/EISA since there are only
these two options in my computer).
>1) What does "/sbin/ifconfig" give you on the debian machine?
Io Link encap......
....
eth0: Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr .....
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast 192.168.1.255 Mask:
255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1
.....
Collisions:0
....
>2) What is the contents of "/etc/host.conf" ?
order hosts, bind
multi on
>3) On the debian machine, does "ping 192.168.1.1" work?
Yes
>4) Did you create HOSTS in "c:\windows"? (copy hosts.sam to hosts and edit
it
>to reflect the debian machine's /etc/hosts)
c:\Windows\hosts-> 127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.2 windows.cyllan.com
192.168.1.1 debian.cyllan.com
c:\Windows\lmhosts-> 192.168.1.2 windows
192.168.1.1 debian
A quite long message but it is to resume all the answers I've received
(thanks to all). I hope somebody can help me......
Thanks
