Nevada wrote:

I am a complete newbie with networking. Never have worked with it before. I have a linux box with SuSE 6.3 installed and a Windos box with 95 installed.

When I ping from the Windos box to the Linux box, both using the IP address 192.168.0.xxx or the name 'root' (short name in /etc/hosts), it works. Does not work if I use 'root.home' (full name in /etc/hosts), gives unknown host, light on hub for the windos box does blink, but not on the Linux box.

When I ping from the Linux box to the windos box pinging with the IP address 192.168.0.xxx it works, but when pinging using the name 'windos.paul' or 'windos', it says network unreachable. The light on the hub for either box does not blink.

I have read the how-to's that I can find, but still in the dark about what is causing this. Any help would be appreciated.

Could you post the output of route to the list, and maybe the contents of /etc/hosts and the layout of the network? I think that would help diagnose the problem. Keep trying, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

Nevada wrote:

I am a complete newbie with networking. Never have worked with it before. I have a linux box with SuSE 6.3 installed and a Windos box with 95 installed.

When I ping from the Windos box to the Linux box, both using the IP address 192.168.0.xxx or the name 'root' (short name in /etc/hosts), it works. Does not work if I use 'root.home' (full name in /etc/hosts), gives unknown host, light on hub for the windos box does blink, but not on the Linux box.

When I ping from the Linux box to the windos box pinging with the IP address 192.168.0.xxx it works, but when pinging using the name 'windos.paul' or 'windos', it says network unreachable. The light on the hub for either box does not blink.

I have read the how-to's that I can find, but still in the dark about what is causing this. Any help would be appreciated.

If using IP numbers works, and names do not, this indicates a name resolver problem. I suggest defining a domain name for your network, then naming each box accordingly: domain: home Windows box: windos.home Linux box: root.home If you don't have a domain name that is resolvable on the Internet, this can lead to all kinds of mail problems. I have one that is resolvable, but my mail server's name is not, and SuSE's spam filters block out my e-mail from this list. -- George Toft http://www.georgetoft.com Certified NACSE Senior Network Specialist/Instructor - Network Administrator Master of Science Information Systems - Linux System Administrator - Web Master --> Looking for the right LINUX job in Los Angeles <-- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

Nevada wrote:

Chris Reeves wrote:

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Nevada wrote:

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I am a complete newbie with networking. Never have worked with it before. I have a linux box with SuSE 6.3 installed and a Windos box with 95 installed.

When I ping from the Windos box to the Linux box, both using the IP address 192.168.0.xxx or the name 'root' (short name in /etc/hosts), it works. Does not work if I use 'root.home' (full name in /etc/hosts), gives unknown host, light on hub for the windos box does blink, but not on the Linux box.

I'm sure there's an equivalent of /etc/hosts on Windows, something like (from dark and dusty corners of memory): c:\windows\system\lmhosts or something like that. The names in here (or in Control Panel -> Networks or both) need to be (or would be better being) consistent with Linux.

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When I ping from the Linux box to the windos box pinging with the IP address 192.168.0.xxx it works, but when pinging using the name 'windos.paul' or 'windos', it says network unreachable. The light on the hub for either box does not blink.

Check /etc/hosts, see below.

route Kernel IP Route Table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface root.home * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 eth0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

route -n Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.99 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.99 root.home root 192.168.0.98 windos.paul windos

Well, for a start I'd decide on a domain name, and keep everything consistent with that (I assume you don't have a 'real' domain). .home seems good enough, so you'd have root.home and windos.home You could then also edit /etc/networks and put an entry in similar to this: home 192.168.0.0

In /etc/route.conf there is only one entry under 'net devices' 192.168.0.99 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 eth0

The network consists of a Linux Box (only OS install) connected through a hub to a windos box with only win95 installed. Future addition to the network will be a printer.

I can't see much wrong with that, other than inconsistent naming, and the lack of default gateway in your routing table, but I don't think that really matters here, as there is an entry pointing to eth0 for network address. I think if you sort the naming issues out, most bits will fall into place... Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/