Re: RH will not "ping" - Why?

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

The result from route -n looks exactly as you have stated.  No apparent
problem there.

More information:
When I look at the Linux box from NT using arp -a and ping I get:


        D:\>arp -a

        Interface: 192.168.1.3 on Interface 2
          Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
          192.168.1.4           00-10-5a-9f-51-c0     dynamic

        D:\>ping 192.168.1.4

        Pinging 192.168.1.4 with 32 bytes of data:

        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.

The MAC address for 192.168.1.4 is the Linux box's correct MAC

On the Linux box, arp -a gives:

        ? (192.168.1.3) at (incomplete) at eth0
        ? (192.168.1.7) at (incomplete) at eth0

Where 192.168.1.7 is my NetBSD box & 192.168.1.3 is teh NT box.  The NetBSD
box and the NT box can ping each other just fine.  Neither can ping the
Linux box, nor can the Linux box ping the others.



 
At 04:24 PM 7/1/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I know this may sound weird, but check your routing table.  Use the command:
>route -n
>
>You should have an entry in there for the local network, for example:
>
>192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>
>If you don't have an entry for it, you can add one with this:
>
>route add -net 192.168.1.0 gw 0.0.0.0
>
>That should do it.
>
>Steve Cody
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: V. Leveque [mailto:vleveque earthlink net]
>Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 12:30 AM
>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>Subject: RH will not "ping" - Why?
>
>
>To the list,
>
>I've tried some suggestions re: why my Redhat 5.2 system will not respond to
>a ping, not get a respoonse from the rest of my network.  Nothing works yet.
>I have both Win NT and NetBSD systems -- same result with both (no ping
>response in either direction).  All systems are in the 192.168.1.x private
>address space, and all have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
>
>I've tried swapping cables and even the NIC with a system which works.  Same
>result - so it isn't a bad cable or NIC.
> 
>The Linux machine boots fine.  ifconfig -a indicates the proper address and
>mask, and shows a MAC address.  I have noted that after executing ping from
>the RH system, I get a lot of transmitted packets, but none received (ZERO).
>Hmm...
>
>Again, if I set the Linux machine's IP address to be the same as my NT
>machine, the NT machine complains there is another system with the same IP
>address.  IN the event log, it gives the correct MAC address for the Linux
>machine (indicating the frame came from it).  
>
>The Linux system is sending something on the network, but not receiving
>anything.  Why?
>
>I'm still baffled.
>
>- vincent leveque

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