Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3222 mails)

[troy@xxxxxxxxxx (Troy Denkinger)]

At 05:28 PM 2/1/00 +0000, Phil Shrimpton wrote:
>I have a SuSE 6.3 box, Network card installed and as far as I know working,
>I also have a Win98 box, network card installed and working.
>
>But I cannot ping one machine from the other, I have checked the cable,
>where next, Linux issue or Windows Issue?

Hard to say.  Are you connecting them from one ethernet port to the other 
ethernet port directly?  If so, are you using a crossover cable?  If not, 
you'll need to get one.  Otherwise you'll have to run the connection 
through a hub or switch.  Of course, this is an over-generalization but it 
gets to the point.

Does your Win98 box have TCP/IP loaded?  I would imagine it does, just 
checking.

Are both machines configured for the same network with the same subnet 
mask?  Again, an over-generalization for you sticklers out there.

If you have covered each of these things (you are using the appropriate 
cable, TCP/IP is loaded and the IP stacks are configured properly) then are 
you getting a link light on the connections?  If so, what happens when you 
try to ping one machine from the other.  Have you tried the ping in both 
directions?  Do you see any blinking on the network cards when you attempt 
a ping?

As you can see, more information is required before much diagnosis can be 
given.

Regards,

Troy Denkinger


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