On Tuesday 16 April 2002 18:51, Peter Lewis wrote: - 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 - OK, the ping timed out when I tried from one of the Win 98 SE machines. Just got to thinking, how do I check my IP address from SuSE on my SuSE computer? - - 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? - Well, the specs in my manual state that the protocol used is CSMA/CD. This doesn't tell me much. From the web info at http://www.linksys.com it looks as if my model (BEFSR41 v.2) supports DHCP and (?) DNS for sure, but the info appears to be mainly limited to reviews or troubleshooting. I hope this helps provide some background info that can help to localize the problem. Cheers, Brian