hi just a thought
try dissabling PnP from your bios
i had about 3 months of network unreachable etc i tied eveything i then
dissabled pnp and everything instantly worked... give it a try.
----- Original Message -----
From: Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ivan Maymi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] network is unrechable
> Ivan Maymi wrote:
>
> > I just intall a (full) Caldera 2.3 distribution and I'm traing to
> > connect a "win98" computer to the Linux one via ethernet.
> >
> > After configuring all the "required" paramenters, and doing a ping to
> > the "win98' computer I get network is unrechable error. This is a simple
> > 2 computer network so no router is not neaded on the eth0 definition.
> >
> > I know I'm missing some definition but can't figure this one out.
>
> There are a couple of possibilities here.
> 1. Are you using twisted pair cable? If so did you remember to use a
> crossover cable?
> 2. Did you check that you could ping your own machine's card?
> 3. Did you check if the Windows machine could ping its own card?
> 4. Did you check the setup from the windows machine's end?
> 5. Are your cards pci? If they are not, check that they are set for your
> type of cable - many older cards don't auto detect the cable type and have
> to be set up using special software.
>
> I have the setup you mention running at present, at home (I play network
> Quake with my daughter sometimes - her machine is a lot faster than mine
so
> I have to run the Linux version to keep up). When I set it up I had most
of
> my problems from the doze box.
>
> Stay well and happy
> Heracles
>
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