sent me the output of /sbin/ifconfig and netstat -rn for both machines. i
could not easily conclude from this email. however, there is a large
chance that your problem is a hardware problem. good luck.
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Maenard Leo L Martinez wrote:
> I have 3 Linux boxes (1 server and 2 workstations) connected to a hub. They are the
>Mandrake 7.2 distro. The following are the networking properties:
>
> Server IP: 172.16.1.1
> Server Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Hostname: Server.Linux
> Domain: Linux
>
> Workstation IP: 172.16.1.2
> Workstation Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Hostname: Workstation1.Linux
> Domain: Linux
>
> Workstation IP: 172.16.1.3
> Workstation Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Hostname: Workstation2.Linux
> Domain: Linux
>
> The server was installed on the costum mode. I just selected almost all of the
>features (I didn't inlude the databases and some games). The same with the
>workstations, they were also costum installed. All of them have neither DNS settings
>nor Gateway settings.
>
> The problem is I cannot PING the PCs from any other PCs. I am not sure if the domain
>is not correct. I am more apt on RH6.2, as far as I know, as long as you have the
>same subnet, you can ping the other workstations belonging on that subnet. I've done
>networking for linux inside an NT domain. Pero nagtataka ako dito sa Mandrake, di
>gumagana kahit they all belong on the same subnet. I can PING their local eth0
>address and the loopback. And during bootup, the eth0 boots up normally.
>
> Could someone point out where I commited a mistake?
>
> Another thing, I cannot open the LinuxConf applet (how do you call it in linux
>parlance?) from the Mandrake's "Control Panel" (forgot the name)? This happened on
>the server. So, I used LinuxConf in the terminal window. But on the 2 workstations,
>the applet worked from KDE just fine.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Leo
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