Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3378 mails)

[Peter Lewis <lewisp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

there is a ping in win98 (C:\windows\ping.exe) and it can be run from a 
dos-box with the target host's ip address. For example:

ping 192.168.1.101

I am not conversant with the LinkSys router, does it have a dhcp server? Do 
the hosts (SuSE and win98) fetch their ip address from a dhcp server?

Peter

On Tuesday 16 April 2002 10:32 am, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 April 2002 15:55, Peter Lewis wrote:
> - Can you ping the SuSE machine from the win98 and win2k machines?
> -
> Umm, I am not sure how to do this from Win, just run -> ping IP address?
> Please note that while all machines on the network are PCs, I am a former
> Mac user and it is there that my strengths lie. Also, note that SuSE is
> part of a dual boot with Win 2k, you mention SuSE and Win 2k as if they
> were on separate machines.
> -
> - What are the IP addresses assigned to all hosts (and routers if used) and
> - what are the netmasks?
> -
> The LinkSys router is 192.168.1.1 Netmask is 255.255.255.0 No static (?) IP
> addresses here, but I believe SuSE is always 192.168.1.101 The others are
> 102, 103 and 104. It seems to simply depend on which router port the
> various machines are connected to.
> -
> - You obviously have internet connection, which host provides that or is it
> - through a router box?
> -
> 3 Com cable modem and LinkSys router.
> -
> - Can you reach the internet from the SuSE machine?
> -
> Doin it 99.9% of the time. I actually only use Win like most on the list,
> to run a specific program or two that isn't available with SuSE.
>
> - Do you have a DNS on the network?
> -
> Loaded question ;-) I really don't know. I have had discussions on the list
> about this, because I have been trying to equate "computer name" and
> "workgroup" in the Win world to something in SuSE. I do know that I have
> tried to equate "thor" as "computer name" or "host" in SuSE and "asgaard"
> with workgroup" or "host domain", if this helps.
> -
> - Are you pinging by ip number of machine name?
> -
> I'm pinging by IP.
> -
> - (End of third degree for the moment :-)
>
> Whew,
>
> Brian