all computers have 'real' ip's from my 'c' class and all are in the dns
records, all computers can ping each other by ip or host.domain name
the win95 pc dose not have anything in its hosts file, and connects to the
4 other linux box's with out any problam , is the hosts file on the win95
box the same format as on linux ?
chris
>
> >
> >
> > I have a small problam with one of my linux box's ..
> >
> > I can telnet form
> > linux box 1 to linux box 2 ok
> > linux box 2 to linux box 1 ok
> > win95 box to linux box 1 ok
> >
> > but just can't from
> > win95 box to linux box 2 ok
> >
> > both have the same kernial's and network settings ( different ip's )but
> > from there I'm stumped :-(
> >
> > chris
>
> You should give more details : do you use a DNS? Do you try connecting by
> hostname or by IP ? Does the win95 box give an error message ? Which ?
> Does ping work ?
>
> My first guess would be that linux box 1 is in the hosts file of the win95
> box, but linux box 2 isn't.
>
> Frank
>
Have you hugged your nerd today?
