If you are absolutly sure the network settings are correct, and you can ping 192.168.0.2 from the winblowz machine sounds like could be a cabling problem or a hub problem. id try swapping the cables around to see if the problem shows up on the linux box with the cable from the win* box. if it doesn't im not sure what to suggest other then installing a small copy of linux on the win* box to see if that works(if it does at least u know its a software problem)
also check the firewall rules on the linux box, there is a package called ipmasq which has driven me insane in the past by changing all the firewall policys to DENY blocking every incoming and outgoing packet to the system run ipchains -L to list the rules if you see things that say "policy DENY" then i would suggest running: ipchains -F (kills the firewall rules) ipchains -P input ACCEPT ipchains -P output ACCEPT that will allow all incoming and outgoing data traffic, it's safe to leave the forward chain alone for now. see if that helps, if it does i would reccomend removing the ipmasq package by doing 'dpkg -r ipmasq', adding masqing abilities to the system is just a couple lines of commands and that package is overkill(IMO) nate Vitux wrote: > > I know this is sort of off-topic, but some of you guys must have > done this: > My machine (Potato): combined dial-up-server (routing thru the > ppp-isdn-link) and workstation. > Wife's machine: winblows for wife's work and kid's games. > Both machines equipped with identical RealTek8029PCI nics, hooked up > with RJ45-cable and a small 5-port hub. > > Potato works fine with ne2k-driver as module. (thanks to a lot of > you guys!) > When I ping winblows, the hub flashes, but all packets are lost. > So it seems Potato is fine, but winblows isn't?!. > The setup is: > Potato: 192.168.0.1, netmask 255.255.255.0 > Winblows: 192.168.0.2, netmask 255.255.255.0 > > Potato can ping itself and seems to "get out" as well. > Winblows can ping itself, but nothing outside. > On winblows, I've set the IP-address in ControlPanel-Networking (I > think it's called that in english; wife's on a danish version...), > and told it to use lan for internet-connections (explorer-settings). > However, if I ping Potato, I get "cannot access host". > > I've tried different values for the netmask and adresses, to no > avail. Winblows seems to have a dozen places to put stuff. > I'm really getting to like the Linux way of doing it; I must have > set about 2 conf-files before I was running. (besides recompiling a > new kernel...) > > Anyone got a clue on this one? > Best Regards > Vitux > > -- > "I'm not a crook" > Richard Nixon > > Debian GNU/Linux > Micro$loth-free Zone > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
