> Well, did the cross-over cable test OK? yes
>Have you tried switching the configs so that you are >using a different network card with the Win98 >machine? yes >Have > you tried straight-through cables and a hub/switch? yes > If you are sure the software setup is good it's time > to consider the physical setup. However, I'm a BSD > man, and don't know if there are possible driver > bugs or whatever in your setup. > > TimH > > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:46:16 -0700 (PDT) > "Bryan Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been trying to network with my wife's PC for > > awhile now and I can't get past this one hurdle. > I'm > > wondering if there is any insights from the Eugene > > Linux sages about my dilemma. > > > > Here's the deal. I've got a linux box running > > Mandrake 8.1. It has two Ethernet cards, eth0 (to > the > > internet via U of O) and eth1 (to my wife, Lynn). > My > > wife has an old Win98 (1st ed.) box with a single > > ethernet card We have a crossover cable > connecting > > us. > > > > Mine (linux) is 172.16.0.1 (eth1) > > Hers (Win98) is 172.16.0.2 > > > > My problem is this: I can ping from Linux to > win98 > > but not from win98 to linux. Has anyone seen this > > before? > > > > On the Windows box has the same hosts file as the > > linux box, and has the IP address specified. DNS > and > > WINS has been disabled, the gateway is set as my > linux > > box's IP address, from what I can gather, my > > "lmhosts" file is also set up correctly. > > > > I've checked & re-checked, tweaked & re-tweaked my > > hosts, hosts.allow, hosts.deny, & other related > files > > on the linux box. I know all the hardware is > working > > just fine. I searched Google high and low and > have > > read as many 'man' pages as I could see that was > > related to the topic (although being a novice, > certain > > ones fly over my head at the second sentence). I > > showed my setup to another member of the EUGLUG > list > > and he confirmed that most of my setup looked o.k. > > > > I can email you more info if you need it. I've > been > > thinking about bringing my boxes to one of the > > meetings, but I want to make sure that I've tried > > everything I can at home before I lug our whole > setup > > downtown. > > > > Any thoughts, anyone? > > > > Bryan > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > http://health.yahoo.com > > > > > -- > "...but an oppressive and intrusive government, > however you want to label it, does not ride into > town wearing the uniforms and waving the flags of > recognizable evil. It creeps in slowly, wrapped in > the flag of your own country, and speaking the > language of patriotism and duty, and at each step > along the way, its actions seem plausible and > defensible--until one morning you wake up and > realize the gulf between the way things were and the > way things are has grown so wide that there is no > going back." > -Tom Tomorrow > ===== Bryan Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================== *This email was empowerd by Linux __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
