On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 15:00 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 10:59 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >> Eth0 is dhcp,Ethe1 is static 192.168.0.1 > >> > >>> What does "ifconfig eth1" say? > >>> > >>> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ ifconfig eth1 > >> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:14:1B:09 > >> inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4cff:fe14:1b09/64 Scope:Link > >> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > >> RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > >> TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > >> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > >> RX bytes:747 (747.0 b) TX bytes:578 (578.0 b) > >> Interrupt:22 Base address:0x8c00 > >> > > ---- > > nope - ip address doesn't show...there's an error > > ---- > > > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ > >> > >>> What does "route" say? > >>> > >>> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ route > >> Kernel IP routing table > >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > >> Iface > >> 121.208.32.0 * 255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > >> 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > >> default 121.208.32.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ > >> > >>> What is in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1? > >>> > >>> > >> # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ > >> DEVICE=eth1 > >> ONBOOT=yes > >> BOOTPROTO=none > >> HWADDR=00:e0:4c:14:1b:09 > >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > >> IPADDR=192.168.0.1 > >> GATEWAY=192.168.0.0 > >> TYPE=Ethernet > >> USERCTL=no > >> IPV6INIT=no > >> PEERDNS=yes > >> > > ---- > > GATEWAY is a bad address... that's a network address > > > > comment out GATEWAY...you already have a GATEWAY address per above > > (121.208.32.1) > > comment out PEERDNS...that's for BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > comment out BOOTPROTO > > > > after you change these settings... > > > > try... > > > > ifup eth1 > > ---- > > > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo ping -c 5 192.168.0.2 > >> PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. > >> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted > >> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted > >> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted > >> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted > >> ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted > >> > >> What do I do to get ping to work and is it part of this problem overall. > >> 192.168.0.2 is on the other end of my crossover cable > >> > > ---- > > should work > > > > Craig > > > > > Thanks Craig It's up and running and 192.168.0.2 is on the net > But pinging only provides me with lost packets to 192.168.0.2 > I can ping 192.168.0.1 and 121.208.32.1 my gateway. > > Thanks a lot Craig ---- My guess is that you have some firewall software on your Windows box preventing ping. Windows XP SP2? Look at Control Panel Windows Firewall. Turn if off temporarily. Craig