> 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
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "...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
> 


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