On Tuesday 22 July 2003 12:25 am, Alma J Wetzker wrote: > Keith, > > I know I am just the clueless newbie here but before you reinstall XP I > just want to clarify the problem in my head. > > The modem goes to the linux box through an ethernet card. The linux box > works. The linux box has a second ethernet card that is connected to > the XP box elsewhere. The XP box can ping the linux box. (I hope this > is correct.)
yes > Can the XP box ping an address on the wild wild web? (Using the ip > address as the name will not work.) If it can then the issue could be > the linux box not routing the DNS lookup correctly. If you cannot then > the linux box is not acting as a router and it should be. see below > I am NOT suggesting that the XP install is perfect but I still have my > doubts that it is the entire problem given the above picture in my head. > If you can ping the web from the XP box, it may be the DNS stuff not > configured correctly somewhere. I would think that is easier to fix > than doing a reinstall. (Although I would suggest a clean install > rather than an upgrade from dos to NT, which is what 98 to XP is.) Always do a clean install on both machines still no go. > -- Alma Do not aplogise for being a newbie as all of us in this list were new at one stage or another. I have managed to stuff things up very well now, after playing around with XP on both machines. I need to reinstall XP on this dual boot machine, however on linux I can ping 192.168.0.2 but cannot ping 192.168.0.1 from the downstairs XP. No point in looking to net when I cannot reach this machine. I have used another nic on the downstairs machine, also got another cable. No go. If I can ping one way why not the other ? -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
