jun, try to check your firewall, btw what firewall tool did you use?
ty, louie... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Junn Flores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 12:14 PM Subject: [plug] mandrake 8.1 samba login/ping problem > guys, > > i am using mandrake 8.1 as login server and for > internet sharing. i enabled internet-sharing thru > mandrake control center and was able to do so. but > when i restarted my mandrake linux box, the > internet-sharing was disabled. i had to redo > internet-sharing with mandrake control center and it > worked again. upon restarting, it again worked. then > i saw a message regarding firewall settings, so i had > to setup firewall again with control center. > > then my real problem came. > upon restarting, the internet-sharing worked with the > windows 98 clients but they couldn't login, couldn't > ping my linux box. i did a traceroute to the internet > and the first hop (mandrake box) gave me "Request > timeout" but the succeeding hops registered fine. > > i really really need any help because the domain i had > to setup should be up very very soon. if it wouldn't > work, my boss is inclined on using windows nt as our > server. > > i wouldn't really want to go back to windows. > kindly help. any help will do. i would also > appreciate if you could email me personally at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > please. > > -junn- > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
