On 10/30/05, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Purser said... > > On 10/29/05, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have three machines in a small network: one XP, two Linux - let's call > > > them xp, tux1 and tux2. xp connects to the Internet via a dial-up modem. > > > Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is enable and works fine. ICS forces > > > xp's IP to be 192.168.0.1, so the hosts file of tux1 and tux2 contains a > > > line to that effect. ICS also provides DHCP services, which is how tux1 > > > and tux2 assign their IPs. > > > > > > xp can ping tux 1 and tux 2 (and see other IP services) > > > tux1 and tux2 can ping xp, use its IP services, and connect to the Net > > > through it. > > > > > > But tux 1 and tux 2 can't find each other. > > > > > > However, tux1 and tux2 both run Samba servers and "see" each other > > > without problems - via their Windows workgroup. > > > > > > /etc/resolv.conf on both tuxes contains: > > > search mshome.net > > > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > > > > > > How can I make tux1 and tux 2 talk to each other without resorting to > > > fixed IPs? > > > > > > -- > > > Best, > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > I believe the problem is with the XP box and believe it or not it's > > doing the right thing. > > > > Only certain ports are open by default in Windows under ICS. The UDP > > port that ping uses might not be one of them. Open up your XP network > > connection and take a look. Go to connection properties (right click > > on the interface), select the "advanced" tab. There will be two > > buttons on that form marked "Settings" The top one is for the windows > > firewall and the bottom is for ICS. Take a look and see if the ping > > UDP port is enabled. > > I temporarily enabled everything - and rebooted, as you do with Windows > ;-) - but still no communication between the two tuxes. It's not just > ping, of course, they can't resolve each other for http and so forth. > The only thing that does work is Samba, but that might be something to > do with the Windows workgroup thing <shrug> Forcing the issue with their > allocated IPs also works, so they can "see" each other, but just won't > talk. > > Funnily enough, I had the ping problem when I installed the Outpost > firewall - which shuts off that port also - so I know where you are > coming from. > > -- > Best, > Marc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > DOH! And of course ping uses ICMP, not UDP.
Sorry I didn't help Marc. I'm about to convert a desktop to Linux, after which I can model your setup. I'll let you know if I find anything that is meaningful. John Purser
