Hello Glen,
Wednesday, October 11, 2000, 9:20:59 PM, you wrote:
GLE> Without seeing the specifics of your configuration the best we can do is
GLE> guess. Some obvious things to check would be:
GLE> 1) Make sure netmask on both machines match. If not you have different
GLE> broadcasts.
GLE> 2) Make sure cabling is plugged in securely.
GLE> 3) Ping the card in your linux box from the linux box that is the gateway
GLE> to the Win machine. Make sure it's responding properly.
GLE> 4) Check your routing table to make sure it isn't convoluted. Linux
GLE> configure on my 6.1 box creates a real mess. In order to get both eth0
GLE> and eth1 to work I had to write a perl script to delete all the routes
GLE> linuxconf created and enter my own routes.
GLE> 5) When you ping watch the hub lights to make sure it's working properly.
GLE> Maybe change ports in the hub.
GLE> Glen
>>On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Stephen King wrote:
>>> Ok, I cannot figure this one out. I telnet into the linux box(192.168.0.4)
>>> from my windoze machine(192.168.0.9) and from the telnet prompt try and ping
>>> my windoze box(192.168.0.9). It kicks backing stating that the Destination
>>> Unreachable. Then I go back to my windoze box(192.168.0.9) and ping the
>>> linux box(192.168.0.4) and it works. After going back and forth a few times
>>> the Linux box(192.168.0.4) is then able to get a ping response from the
>>> windoze machine(192.168.0.9). What gives? I don't understand how it can just
>>> start working all of a sudden.
>>>
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I have had this very same problem in the past and found that the hub
had several misbehaved ports (cheapo Fry's special hub).
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