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| Thread ID: 34227 | 2003-06-07 22:19:00 | Linux help ... | SKT174 (1319) | Press F1 |
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| 150713 | 2003-06-09 05:43:00 | It's fairly certain that they aren't connected. :D The IP addresses you have should be fine. (As long as they are what you say: if they not identical in the first three dot-groups, they would be in different networks :D) Are you sure you haven't got a crossover cable in there? That would cause the problem. You mustn't use crossover cables with hubs (unless in a special case of linking hubs which don't have a switch to swap one port). Anyway, I'd suspect a cable problem. Bad cables and connectors cause problems for many years before software was thought of. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 150714 | 2003-06-09 06:02:00 | 100% h/w error free .. because when I disconnect the mandrake hdd and plug the windows one back in .. the whole thing works .. back to normal .. i can access both PC no problem .. I don't have a cross over network cable .. 100% sure. If it's a cable/hardware fault then it should work when i swap back the window hdd... ?:-| | SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 150715 | 2003-06-09 06:12:00 | Weird. My experience of Linux (and DOS) networking is that it works. Ping at least will always work. The other test is telnet ... if the other end is not running a telnet server, you will get an error message (but that is a good thing ;-)). Do the data lights flicker when you try things? Is there a mismatch beween 10MHz and 100MHz cards? (Desperation here...). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 150716 | 2003-06-09 06:20:00 | I can't remember at this stage .. i will go home after work and try ... yeah .. i know ping should work .. i don't really know what went wrong here .. i mean how could both PC can ping to itself own IP and yet can't ping to each other when there is no firewall, no h/w fault ? I'm sure I'm missing something in mandrake .. but don't know what as it is new to me .. :D Thanks for your help and all the ppl who replied .. I will experiment some more and keep you inform :) |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 150717 | 2003-06-11 07:28:00 | Use ipconfig in a Windows command window (Start / Run / cmd.exe if you can't find one!) and ifconfig in a Linux terminal screen (you need to enter su first to become root). Now check out the differences...! I suspect your XP box has it's firewall activated. Try shutting that down. You can sometimes get more diagnostic info from Linux by starting LinNeighborhood (it should be on your Mandrake disks or under the Networking / Remote Access menu), clicking on the Log button, then double-clicking on your machine name. A separate panel will open up with a list of what Linux is trying to do -- and where it failed! |
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