Adam,
Oops both machines are 6.1. Hers was a simple workstation install. Mine
was bit of a custom upgrade from 5.2.
The hub is plugged into an UPS so it is always on. I will try uplugging
tonight. Thanks for the reply.
John Fusek
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Sleight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 2:51 PM
> To: John Fusek
> Subject: Re: Network problem
>
>
> I'm guessing you did a simple workstation installation on
> your wife's machine
> which didn't install telnet server, web server, etc. On your
> machine you did a
> custom or server install and thus you can telnet, browser the
> intranet, etc.
> Just a wild guess. Red Hat 6.2 now splits up telnet into two
> packages...one as
> a client and the other as a server.
>
> Perhaps you need to reset the ARP...maybe not since you can
> ping the other
> machine but just unplug your Netgear hub or switch for 3
> seconds and plug it in
> again.
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:10:26 -0400
> John Fusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> #Everyone,
> #
> #I have got a problem that is stumping me. It is probably
> something stupid
> #I am overlooking. I have two machines networked together at
> home and they
> #are not communicating correctly.
> #
> #Okay here is the situation. My machine has been running
> linux since last
> #July and has been upgraded from 5.2 to 6.1. My wife decided
> she wanted
> #email, web browsing and a fancier word processor. So I
> decided to set
> #her up as a linux box. She was, like myself, strictly DOS
> before this.
> #Anyway I ugraded her hard disk, video card, modem etc..
> Meaning I got
> #new goodies for myself and she got my old stuff. While I was in Home
> #Depot looking for phone cable I found CAT-5 cable and
> Leviton connectors,
> #the same as we use at work. I figured since I was going to
> go through the
> #work to run one it would not be any more work to run a home intranet.
> #With the Netgear stuff on sale at Compusa I installed
> everything. Her
> #machine came up real easy. While adding a network card to
> mine was a
> #bit more. I mentioned some of this in a previous post when
> I put the
> #network card in my machine before I had done the wiring and Kudzu put
> #me to a graphical logon. But I got all installed and configured.
> #
> #Anyway everything works except doing anything useful with the network
> #connection. Internet dial up is working fine. I can ping
> both machines
> #by address and name. From her machine I can telnet to mine
> but not vice
> #versa. Attempting to telnet from mine to hers or any ftp, I
> get a message
> #telling the other machine rejected or closed the connection.
> The two host
> #files Host.allow and deny are identical along with inetd.conf.
> #
> #So any ideas on what I may have done wrong. Anything else
> you may need
> #to help diagnose this thing. Thanks.
> #
> # John Fusek
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