Re: Ping Win95 box? Samba setup

["Avery, Kevin" <kevin mlc net>]

   Tom and everyone, 
   Thanks for your help on this issue, it turned out to be a problem with 
   the network card 3com Etherlink III (3C509). I downloaded and ran a DOS 
   utility for that NIC and it showed that it was setup for i/o 300h and that it 
   was in conflict with another device, I let it autoconfig and it came up with 
   an i/o of 210h so I set it to that. I also set it to use the RJ45 port 
   (10baseT) and that in turn set full duplex to off. I rebooted into Linux and 
   it worked like a champ. 

   One problem that I have noticed though, later on I rebooted into NT 4.0 
   did some things and then rebooted into Linux, it wouldn't work, so I went back 
   to DOS and ran the NIC config program and all the settings had been changed 
   back to the original, I reset them all and saved and rebooted into Linux and 
   everything worked fine again. Is there any way to make certain settings for 
   the NIC change on Linux bootup? 
      I would love to dump NT altogether BUT there is no Linux support for my 
   Alps Microdry/Dye Sublimation printer :o( Does anyone know of any possible 
   Alps printer support? 

   Thanks for all of your help! I am sure I will be asking more questions soon. 

   ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- 
   From: "Cooper, Tom" <tom cooper marriott com> 
   Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:37:20 -0400 

   >Wow. I guess that you're planning for some serious growth at home. I 
   >thought that I was being optimistic by allocating 252 addresses for machines 
   >at home. You're using a class A address. (10 network) That's something like 
   >2^23 machines! That's a serious home network! 
   > 
   >When you run arp -a on the '95 machine, do you see the following? (Where
   >162.130.71.109 is the address of your linux box?) 
   >C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP>arp -a 
   >Interface: 162.130.64.124 on Interface 3 
   > Internet Address Physical Address Type 
   > 162.130.71.109 00-60-b0-6c-d3-9e dynamic 
   > 
   > 
   >Hmmm. Now that I'm re-reading your email, I see that you are telling me
   >that this is a routing problem. Can you send me the output of an ifconfig 
   >-a on the linux box, and netstat -rn on the linux box? I think that will 
   >point us to a solution. 
   > 
   >Let me know.... 
   > 
   >R, 
   >Tom 
   >> -----Original Message----- 
   >> From: Kevin M. Avery [mailto:kevin at mlc.net] 
   >> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:44 AM 
   >> To: Cooper, Tom 
   >> Subject: Re: Ping Win95 box? Samba setup 
   >> = 

   >> = 

   >> Tom, 
   >> IP addresses netmask 
   >> Win95 10.10.10.222 255.0.0.0 
   >> Linux 10.10.10.223 255.0.0.0 
   >> = 

   >> Yes I have X windows running! 
   >> = 

   >> I have looked at the netstat -rn 
   >> = 

   >> But I can not seem to get my table to look like yours. I have tried a 
   >> couple of 
   >> different methods. I can not seem to get my ethernet address listed 
   >> under the 
   >> gateway setting it keeps coming up as all zeros. Logged in as root I 
   >> have tried typing it 
   >> at a command prompt using the route command, I have tried = 

   >> going through 
   >> netconf, control-panel, and linuxconf. Which way is correct = 

   >> and how can 
   >> I make 
   >> the table look like yours? (well like yours except with my = 

   >> addresses in 
   >> it. ) 
   >> :o) 
   >> = 

   >> I have done an arp -a and I got the MAC address of the Win95 = 

   >> machine. I 
   >> can see 
   >> my hub flashing whenever I try to ping the Win95 machine. It just 
   >> doesn't work! 
   >> = 

   >> What am I doing wrong??? 
   >> = 

   >> Thanks, 
   >> Kevin M. Avery 
   >> = 

   >> = 

   >> Cooper, Tom wrote: 
   >> = 

   >> > Kevin, 
   >> > It looks like the issue is related to the config of Linux = 

   >> networking. Check 
   >> > the NT IP config. Make sure that you know the Address, and = 

   >> the subnet mask 
   >> > that NT is using. (rt click Net neighborhood, properties, = 

   >> protocols tab, 
   >> > click on TCP/IP, properties) 
   >> > 
   >> > Then compare that with the setup that linux is using. Log = 

   >> in as root, run 
   >> > "ifconfig -a" to verify that the IP address and netmask = 

   >> are correct. 
   >> > 
   >> > If they aren't, then fix them. (using = 

   >> /usr/bin/control-panel assuming that 
   >> > you've got X Windows working on that machine.) 
   >> > If they are right, then take a look at the routing table on = 

   >> the linux 
   >> > system. (netstat -rn) make sure that your machine has a = 

   >> default route (see 
   >> > the 0.0.0.0 destination below, where 192.168.10.1 is my = 

   >> ethernet adapter's 
   >> > address) 
   >> > 
   >> > Kernel IP routing table 
   >> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS = 

   >> Window irtt 
   >> > Iface 
   >> > 192.168.10.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 = 

   >> 0 0 
   >> > eth0 
   >> > 192.168.10.0 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 UG 0 = 

   >> 0 0 
   >> > eth0 
   >> > 0.0.0.0 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0 UG 0 = 

   >> 0 0 
   >> > eth0 
   >> > 
   >> > My guess is that you've got a subnet mask problem. = 

   >> Alternatively, you've 
   >> > got a routing problem. 
   >> > 
   >> > Don't forget that when you ping, an arp runs behind the = 

   >> scenes to tell the 
   >> > IP stack where to send the data. Running an "arp -a" on = 

   >> both machines could 
   >> > help identify where the problem lies. The output of the = 

   >> arp -a should 
   >> > contain the MAC address for the _other_ machine. eg the = 

   >> '95 box should have 
   >> > the MAC address of eth0 on the linux/NT box. 
   >> > 
   >> > Now that I've made this hopelessly complex, happy hunting! 
   >> > 
   >> > R, 
   >> > Tom 
   >> > 
   >> > > -----Original Message----- 
   >> > > From: Avery, Kevin [mailto:kevin at mlc.net] 
   >> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:13 AM 
   >> > > To: redhat-install-list redhat com 
   >> > > Subject: Ping Win95 box? Samba setup 
   >> > > 
   >> > > 
   >> > > Hello everyone, 
   >> > > I am in the process of trying to setup SAMBA on my 5.2 
   >> > > machine. I actually already have it set up according to the 
   >> > > step-by-step that I followed. I just could not get it to talk 
   >> > > to the Win95 machine that my wife uses. I can not even get it 
   >> > > to ping the Win95 box and the Win95 box cannot ping the Linux 
   >> > > box. But whenever I boot my Linux box into NT it connects to 
   >> > > the Win95 box and I can ping all night. 
   >> > > I have looked at a lot of documentation on SAMBA and 
   >> > > this is not covered anywhere that I have looked. The 2 
   >> > > machines are connected through a 4 port 10baseT hub and they 
   >> > > are the only 2 machines on the network. 
   >> > > 
   >> > > So my questions are; 
   >> > > 
   >> > > Why can I ping between NT and W95, but I cannot ping between 
   >> > > RH Linux 5.2 and W95? 
   >> > > How can I fix it? 
   >> > > 
   >> > > Thanks, 
   >> > > Kevin M. Avery 
   >> > > Linux Newbie