Re: Cant ping windows network card, but can ping the linux card..

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Thanks for all the quick answers, I'll found a virus scanner with a firewall
(sorry) that maby is the problem.
I'll check everything out when my other problem with the machine not boot
ing is fixed :-(
Everything that can be messed up is messed up today!!

THT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Cant ping windows network card, but can ping the linux card..


> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 03:17, PFJ wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > > I got this answer when I ping it.
> > > > [tortho@localhost tortho]$ ping 192.168.132.2
> > > > PING 192.168.132.2 (192.168.132.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > > >From 192.168.132.1 icmp_seq=0 Destination Host Unreachable
> > > > >From 192.168.132.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> > >
> > > What's the output of:
> > >
> > > ifconfig -a
> > > netstat
> >
> > Okay, can the linux box ping to the outside world and can the Win32 box
> > ping to the outside world. If you're going through a router, what is the
> > IP address of the router (mine is 192.168.2.1) and can that be pinged
> > from both machines? Are you going directly from machine to machine and
> > if so, are you using a twisted lead or a straight lead (twisted are the
> > one you normally have from machine to network and won't work machine to
> > machine)?
> >
> Not true.
>
> Standard ethernet cable is straight thru and is used from machine to
> switch/hub.  Crossover cables (which you refer to as twisted leads) are
> required to go directly from NIC to NIC without using a hub/switch
> between.
>
>
> > Are you running a firewall on either/both machine(s)?
> >
> > Personally, I would do this (assuming you're on a router)
> >
> > 1. Find the IP address of the router (look at the user guide)
> > 2. Disable all firewalls and disconnect the router to the outside world
> > 3. Ensure that all firewalls are off on the router
> > 4. From the linux box, ensure the NIC is working (/sbin/ifconfig eth0
> > will let you know, you will get an IP address [192.168.2.100 say])
> > 5. If you don't get an IP address, /sbin/ifup eth0. If that fails, /
> > sbin/lsmod - see if the network driver has been loaded. If it hasn't /
> > sbin/modprobe <name_of_driver>. Then try /sbin/ifup eth0. If it still
> > fails, there is a problem with the NIC. If it works and you don't have
> > an IP for the card, try a new cable, /sbin/ifdown eth0 then /sbin/ifup
> > eth0. If there is still no IP address, you will need to test the line
> > from the NIC to the router.
> > 6. If you do get an address, see if you can ping the router. Assuming
> > you can ping the router (which indicates all the connections, leads and
> > NIC is happy), repeat for the Windows box.
> > 7. If everything is happy with the windows box, you should be able to
> > ping either box. A simpler test is to run vsftpd on the linux box and
> > see if you can ftp onto it. Why is that simpler? Well, some software on
> > the Win32 side will stop the ability to ping.
> > 8. If you can go from machine to machine, reconnect the router to the
> > outside world and see if you can either ping or ftp to a remote site. If
> > you can't, then it is probably a DNS problem (fire up neat, switch off
> > get IP dynamically and enter your ISPs DNS, reactive eth0 and try
> > again).
> > 9. On one machine at a time (I'd go linux first), re-enable any
> > firewalls you have *slowly* until something breaks.
> >
> > That's the nice trouble shooting way.
> >
> > TTFN
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > P.S. Sorry if this has been covered, I've not followed the thread.
>
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