Re: Cannot ping from win98 to linux

["ddbrown" <ddbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Micheal,
Thank for your speedy reply

I checked the routing tables then read the man help file for
route.Reconfigured the routing table and hey presto I could ping the server
& client .Samba is now showing the shares on the win 98 client. This newbie
wants to hug you .Thanks a lot. Now I can enter the wonderful world of
linux.
Darren
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Slack <mslack@ameritech.net>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Cannot ping from win98 to linux


> Have you checked to make sure your routing tables are correct?  On Red Hat
you
> can check this by executing the command /sbin/route (not sure about Corel,
but
> it's probably the same).  If you know how to read the routing table, you
> should be able to tell if you can reach the other host (in theory).
>
> Here is my table on the computer I am using to send this message:
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
> 192.168.1.2     *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0
eth0
> 192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
eth0
> 127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
> default         floppyfw        0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0
eth0
>
> This box is 192.168.1.2.  Any IP of the form 192.168.1.* can be reached
> directly, and any other IP #s can only be gotten to by going through
floppyfw
> (the firewall).
>
> If you don't understand IP routing, then I would suggest reading the
Network
> Administrator's Guide that Adam often recommends to people.  You can also
post
> the result of that command to the list and probably get some good advice
on
> how to proceed.
>
> Mike
>
> >   Hi all
> >   Iam a newbie and have a simple but frustrating problem I cannot ping
from my windows98 client to my linux box and visa versa ,which is running
coral linux the network cards according to ifconfig are correctly configured
and I can ping to local nic.I am using a 3com 3c905b card in the linux box
and a d-link 220 pnp card in the windows client. I sure that the problem
does not lie in the cable or the hubs as i was quite happily using win nt as
a PDC before i thought to give linux a try and was using the same win98
client.From my limited experence with linux I  can say that I am hooked but
these initial teething problems are causing me considerable
frustration.Please could someone tell me what Iam doing wrong any help would
be apppreciated. Thanking you in advance.
> >   Darren
>