Re: Can't ping RH host - resend#2

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

This is kind of weird.

1.  Do you have anything else on the net?

2.  What NICs & type hub?
    (Could this be a 10/100 problem?)

Oh, and the fact that you can ping locally doesn't mean much.
That's coming over a pseudo interface, not the wire.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


V. Leveque wrote:
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> To the list,
> 
> I've just installed RH 5.2.  My Linux system is connected to a hub, with a
> Windows NT system also attached.
> 
> I'm trying to put both machines in a private Class C subnet (192.168.x.x).
> The Linux machine is 192.168.1.4, and the NT machine is 192.168.1.3.  Both
> have a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask.
> 
> The Linux machine boots fine.  ifconfig -a indicates the proper address and
> mask, and shows a MAC address.  Trouble is, I can't ping either machine from
> the other.  If I ping the Linux machine's own IP address, it works though.
> 
> Also, just to experiment, I set the Linux machine's IP address to be the
> same as teh NT machine.  Within a few seconds after booting the Linux
> machine, the NT machine complains about an IP address conflict.
> 
> It appears the Linux machine is sending some sort of properly addressed
> packet out.  Why doesn't ping return?  While I'm sure this is something
> trivial, I'm still baffled.
> 
> - vincent leveque
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