On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 16:01, Nestor Castro wrote:
> I hope someone can help me with this, I'm  totally newbie on Linux.
> 
> I have a LAN that connects to the internet through a Gateway 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.10, also in this LAN is a MS Exchange Server xxx.xxx.xxx.16 
> which uses this gateway, everyone connected also has access to the internet.
> 
> I recently installed Mandrake 9.2 on my computer and assigned an address 
> , configured Mozilla and worked just fine, I can send and receive mail, 
> I can PING my gateway normally and also any other IP address in the LAN, 
> but when I try to PING my computer from another one it does not answer, 
> as a result I can`t connect to the Internet.
> 
> 
> How do I tell LINUX to be seen by others in my LAN, I experimented on 
> security, but could not find something helpful..
> 
> I'd appreciate any help..
> 
> 
> Nestor

It looks to me as you have not defined the DNS server(s) or the gateway.

Take a look at /etc/resolv.conf. If every thing looks fine, then verify
with "route -n" that you have defined the gateway.

Regarding ping, it might be a firewall in 9.2 box blocking them.

HTH

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