Ok. Just Linux-side tests, as you requested.
1. You don't mention setting up network routes. Did you? (A line something
like "route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0" -- check "man
route" for exact syntax.) What is the output of "route -n"? Does it show
eth0 as a route to network 192.168.1.0?
2. You don't say, but I'm assuming that you have the machines connected
through a hub. When you try to ping the WinXX host from the Linux host, do
you see:
a. activity lights flashing on the Linux host's NIC?
b. activity lights flashing on the hub port that the Linux host is
attached to?
3. On the Linux host, what DOES happen when you try to ping the Win95 host?
(And BTW, you are pinging by actual IP address, aren't you? If you're using
a hostname, the problem could be with name-to-address conversion.) Try
taking OUT the gateway command and see if this changes the response.
At 09:22 AM 2/24/99 -0800, David W. Robinson wrote:
>
>I still have a problem setting up my intranet at home.
>
>Linux box
>Running slackware96
>Network Card: 3com 3C509b
>IP address: 192.168.1.2
>Netmask: 255.255.255.0
>Gateway 192.168.1.2 - I am not connected to the internet however.
>
>I run ifconfig and everything checks out ok. Card detected at the right
>io and irq, and eth0 is assigned the correct IP. Also /proc/interrupts
>and /proc/ioports both contain an appropriate line for my card. I can
>even ping myself. /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 checks out.
>
>Win95 box.
>Win95 OSR2
>Network Card: 3com 3C905 TX
>IP address: 192.168.1.3
>Netmask: 255.255.255.0
>Gateway 192.168.1.2
>TCP/IP installed and bound to the NIC
>
>Less to test here, but I can ping myself and the control panel returns
>that the device is working properly.
>
>The cable I am using I know is ok as I took it from a internet
>connected computer at work. But can the two see each other... No. I
>realise that this is not the place for a Win95 question ( I am working
>on that side), all I am asking is .."Has anyone got any further tests I
>could run on my Linux box?" Has anyone got any pointers suggestions
>of what to try next? Has anyone spotted a simple mistake I have
>made?
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