cables pluged in properly
they ping themselves but not the other machine
yes, I had the LAN running but had to reinstall win95 and the lost connection,
haven't been able to reconnect ever since
yes, hub has LED but nothing happens when i ping the other machine
Randy Kramer wrote:
> Well, until someone else chips in:
>
> Try having each machine ping itself using its assigned IP address (like
> 192.168.1.1 or whatever).
>
> All of your cables plugged in properly?
>
> Do you have a crossover RJ-45 cable by any chance that you could use to
> connect the two machines, replacing the hub temporarily?
>
> Have you ever had the network working? Any other machines?
>
> Again, post your results, maybe someone else can help.
>
> PS: Do you have LEDs on the NIC cards? Do they indicate you have a
> connection when the cables are plugged in through the hub (or the
> crossover cable)?
>
> Randy Kramer
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I tried that and each machine can ping itseld and gets responses, but can't
> > ping the other machine. In other words, win95 can ping itself but not linux and
> > linux can ping itself but not win95.
> >
> > Randy Kramer wrote:
> >
> > > Also, have each machine try pinging itself, in other words:
> > >
> > > ping 127.0.0.1
> > > ping localhost
> > >
> > > If those don't work, there is something wrong with the networking
> > > software on each machine. (I can't help you with the next step, but
> > > someone can -- post your results.)
> > >
> > > Randy Kramer
> > >
> > > Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> > > >
> > > > At 09:24 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >i am tryint o reconnect my home LAN but I can't getmy machines to ping
> > > > >each
> > > > >other. Everything is fine. IP configuration is right, HUB is working,
> > > > >cables
> > > > >are new and connected. Don;t know what the problem may be?
> > > >
> > > > what does 'route -n' show? i've had problems in the past with changing IP
> > > > addresses via linuxconf and having the ifconfig info change, but not the
> > > > routing table.
