On Sunday 07 December 2003 20:00, Clifford Snow wrote: > First off, have you check your log files? Look in both the fedora logs > as well as the event viewer in w2k. Either might give you a clue of > what the problem is. Yes, I checked them and found nothing that indicated any problem with networking. > Next, try to isolate your problem. > > 1)Can your w2k communicate successfully with your fedora machine? Try > transferring a large file between machines. Using samba that works just fine at 100Mb/s network speed.But, when I try to read my Explorer stops responding. Seems like related to my problem !!! This could help me further. > 2)If you connect your w2k machine directly to the Internet, can it > download pages successfully? Not a nice option, I'd have to move a lot of hardware. Anyways as a last resort I will try this. > Verify your settings: > 1)Do you have a proxy server, such as squid, installed? No. > 2) check your tcp/ip settings in w2k. Done. Seem fine but I was wondering about MTU as mentioned in the other reply. I can't find such setting for my network adapter (rtl8139) in windows. > 3) check your internet options in IE. Done many times and should be fine. > Remove your firewall to make sure it isn't causing the problem (though > messages should be showing up in the log if it is.) Don't leave > yourself unprotected for more than a few minutes. I removed my firewall and just use basic NAT. still the same problem exists. > Use at packet sniffing tool such as ethereal to determine what is > causing the problem. I tried that but messages from these programs are not that easy to read and translate to the specific problem I'm having. I guess I'll have to do some reading. Thanks for your reply, Marcel
