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Prometheus | 1 May 2004 16:33
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[clug] Networking problem

Hi,

I have a problem with my home network. I have one gentoo box and a
windows box, and I have been pinging each machine to make sure the
network is ok. The windows box can ping the gentoo box, but the gentoo
box can't ping the windows box.  I have added the ip address of the
windows box to the /etc/hosts file of the gentoo box, but still getting
no where. Any ideas?

ange
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Joe Neeman | 2 May 2004 00:58
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Re: [clug] Networking problem

Some firewalls will silently ignore pings. Maybe the windows box has 
such a firewall.

>Hi,
> 
>I have a problem with my home network. I have one gentoo box and a
>windows box, and I have been pinging each machine to make sure the
>network is ok. The windows box can ping the gentoo box, but the gentoo
>box can't ping the windows box.  I have added the ip address of the
>windows box to the /etc/hosts file of the gentoo box, but still getting
>no where. Any ideas?
> 
>ange
>
>  
>
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Jepri | 2 May 2004 03:48
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Re: [clug] Networking problem

Plus, we'll need a slightly more detailed error message than "can't ping".

Can you access any other services on the windows machine?  Were you ever 
able to ping the doze box?  Are they on the same physical segment?

Joe Neeman wrote:
> Some firewalls will silently ignore pings. Maybe the windows box has 
> such a firewall.
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem with my home network. I have one gentoo box and a
>> windows box, and I have been pinging each machine to make sure the
>> network is ok. The windows box can ping the gentoo box, but the gentoo
>> box can't ping the windows box.  I have added the ip address of the
>> windows box to the /etc/hosts file of the gentoo box, but still getting
>> no where. Any ideas?
>>
>> ange
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> 
>
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Kim Holburn | 2 May 2004 02:52
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[clug] ACS set to call for open source take-up

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083103604961.html

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Stephen Jenkin | 2 May 2004 02:54
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Re: [clug] Networking problem


On Sun, 2 May 2004, Prometheus wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I have a problem with my home network. I have one gentoo box and a
> windows box, and I have been pinging each machine to make sure the
> network is ok. The windows box can ping the gentoo box, but the gentoo
> box can't ping the windows box.  I have added the ip address of the
> windows box to the /etc/hosts file of the gentoo box, but still getting
> no where. Any ideas?

Perhaps the windows box receives the ping and doesn't know how to route it
back. 'netstat -rn' will show you routes.  'ipconfig' will show
interfaces.

The linux box is probably OK - it receives & returns pings on the right
interace.  Check its routing though, do the pings really go out??
Easy troubleshooting - look at the 'activity' lights on your ethernet
switch or on the NIC's in the boxes.

There was another suggestion that there could a windows firewall.  Yep -
that's a very good suggestion.  Check the lights :-)

HTH
sj

>  
> ange
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Andrew Pollock | 2 May 2004 06:42
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Re: [clug] Networking problem

On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 12:33:35AM +1000, Prometheus wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have a problem with my home network. I have one gentoo box and a
> windows box, and I have been pinging each machine to make sure the
> network is ok. The windows box can ping the gentoo box, but the gentoo
> box can't ping the windows box.  I have added the ip address of the
> windows box to the /etc/hosts file of the gentoo box, but still getting
> no where. Any ideas?

Are you getting an ARP response from the Windows box when you ping it?

i.e. ping it, stop the ping, and check your ARP table (arp -an) and you
should have an entry with the Windows box's MAC address. If you've got this,
the two boxes can at least see each other, and you just need to concern
yourself with why the Windows box isn't responding to the pings. Ethereal is
your friend. Stranger things have happened, your Gentoo box might even be
discarding the echo replies.

regards

Andrew
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Prometheus | 2 May 2004 08:28
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[clug] Re: Networking Problem

Thanks for all your responses...... it was the firewall. 

cheers,
ange
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Stephen Rothwell | 2 May 2004 10:28
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Re: [clug] ACS set to call for open source take-up

On Sun, 2 May 2004 10:52:16 +1000 Kim Holburn <kim.holburn@...> wrote:
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> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083103604961.html

Good to see them "getting with the program" :-)

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Michael Carden | 2 May 2004 11:16

Re: [clug] ACS set to call for open source take-up

On Sun, 2 May 2004 10:52 am, Kim Holburn wrote:
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083103604961.html

<from theage.com.au>
Note: You are reading this message either because you can not see our css 
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For shame Konq 3.1.3! Not standards compliant.

MC

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Brad Hards | 2 May 2004 12:16
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Re: [clug] ACS set to call for open source take-up

On Sun, 2 May 2004 7:16 pm, Michael Carden wrote:
> On Sun, 2 May 2004 10:52 am, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083103604961.html
>
> <from theage.com.au>
> Note: You are reading this message either because you can not see our css
> files, or because you do not have a standards-compliant browser. Read our
> browser standards page for details.
> </quote>
>
> For shame Konq 3.1.3! Not standards compliant.
Upgrade. Works fine with Konq 3.2.90.

Brad
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