I am aiming to set up a SAMBA network between two computers.
They are a Duron 800 with 128 MB RAM running Windows98 (1st edition)
and a Pentium 133 with 32MB RAM running Redhat 7.0.
As a first step I am trying to establish an ethernet connection between the
two.
Previously when the Pentium was running Windows98 I had successfully
networked the two together.
The NICs and cable have not been altered since then (apart from checking the
cable connection just now.)
I cannot ping between the two computers.
Both computers can ping their own local host.
The Pentium, running Linux, can ping itself at the address 192.168.1.1.
(using either the address or nickname)
Perhaps significantly, the Duron, running Windows, cannot ping itself
(192.168.1.2)
On the Duron:
Network configuration shows:
Primary Network Logon is set to Client for Microsoft Networks
File and printer sharing for MS Networks is installed
The NIC is listed as PLANET ENW-9503/04 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Both NetBEUI and TCP/IP are installed for this card.
TCP/IP properties:
IP Address 192.168.1.2
Mask 255.255.255.0
I have edited the c:\windows\hosts file to contain the following:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.1 pentium
192.168.1.2 duron
On the Pentium:
I have looked around for files I thought might be relevant.
Here they are: Don't ask where I configured each of these. I have been
playing around in both the CLI and in Gnome's
Network Configuration for the last couple of days :)
the NIC, the subject of an earlier thread, is now recognised ok
/etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 ne2-pci
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
/etc/HOSTNAME
pentium
/etc/hosts.conf
order hosts,bind
/etc/hosts
192.168.1.2 duron duron
127.0.0.1 redhat7.0 redhat7 localhost.localdomain
localhost
192.168.1.1 pentium pentium
(Initially either the localhost or pentium, I forget which, was called
wb.invalid by default, but I changed it. Given the following DOMAINNAME,
this might be significant.)
/etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=pentium
DOMAINNAME=invalid
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
GATEWAYDEV=eth0
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0
DEVICE=eth0:0
BOOTPROTO=none
/etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.1
/etc/networks
this file is empty
Network Configuration.
Gnome's Network Configuration shows settings as follows:
Hostname, nameserver, hosts, default gateway, and default gateway
device all as above.
Interfaces:
Interface lo
IP 127.0.0.1
Proto none
atboot yes
active active
Interface eth0
IP 192.168.1.1
Proto static
atboot yes
active active
Interface eth0:0
IP
Proto none
atboot
active active
Interface eth0:0 is a mystery to me . Does this get set automatically?
Any help would be appreciated.
I would guess the problem lies in the Windows machine, given that it
cannot ping itself.
Bill
