On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 17:50, hicham wrote: > > Then try pinging the systems again. If that does > > not work > it does not > In case I was right with my earlier comment about the gateway being needed, please try adding another IP in the 192.168.1.XX range as the gateway on each of these machines and see if that has an effect. Also, confirm that you are using a crossover cable for the connection between these 2 machines and that you have indications of link on both ends. > > then post the > > output from the following commands on the linux box: > > > > ifconfig -a > [root@localhost hicham]# ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XXXXXXXXXXX > inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 > Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 > Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4294967294 > overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x8c00 > The dropped packets on eth0 are a problem. It is not accepting packets received. Is a firewall running by chance? A mismatch in interface config (10/100 and half/full) would be seen as errors, not as dropped. > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:3418 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:3418 errors:0 dropped:0 > overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:3846308 (3.6 Mb) TX bytes:3846308 > (3.6 Mb) > > sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 > NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > > > > > netstat -rn > > > root@localhost hicham]# netstat -rn > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags > MSS Window irtt Iface > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U > 0 0 0 eth0 > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U > 0 0 0 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U > 0 0 0 lo > > > > > and from the windows box: > > +> ipconfig \all > IP Config. of windows > Host Name : Home > Suffixe DNS principal : > Type de noeud : Hybride > IP Routing : off > Proxy wins : off > > Ethernet Card on lan : > Suffixe DNS : > Description : > Physical adress : XXXxxx > DHCP : off > IP Adress : 192.168.1.3 > subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 > gateway : > > > Thanks, >
