----- Original Message ----- From: M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 9:45 pm Subject: Re: [opensuse] Home network problem To: [email protected]
> On Monday 04 December 2006 20:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No. I get one of 2 errors. Network unreachable, or ping just sits > > there with 100% packet loss. > Does the machine have a hard IP address, or does it get it from dhcp? > > Can you ping the suse box from your XP box? > > Can you ping the XP box from your suse box? > > If yes to both the above, then your router is not forwarding the > packets from > your suse box. > > Is this setup a dialin router, or cable modem? > The connection is through a cable modem. I didn't try pinging the boxes back and forth. BTW, what setting would keep the router from forwarding the linux packets? Ed -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
