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

["V. Leveque" <vleveque earthlink net>]

Answers:

1. Yes -- a Laser printer, Appletalk bridge, BSD box, NT box, & Linux box.
I pulled everything except the Linux and NT box - no ping.  I even connected
the 2 with crossover cable, bypassing the hub - no ping.

2. NICS for both are 3com 509B.  I've swapped the NICs.  Both NICs work in
the NT box.


As a long shot, would the definition of the gateway, name server, or domain
affect any of this?  I assume on a local net with no routers or gateway that
these values do not matter.  True?


Is there a NIC self diagnostic I can do in Linux?


At 10:19 AM 7/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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:
>> 
>> I have to resend this message, as I was removed from the list temporarily
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>> If you previously replied to this posting, please reply again.  Thank you
>> 
>> 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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     |----------------------------|  "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's
     |\  /         |    \  /      |  best companion.  Inside of a dog,
     | \/ INCENT   |__E  \/EQUE   |  it's too dark to read."  
     |----------------------------|        -- Groucho Marx