Chris Reeves wrote:
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.
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Here it is Chris: Here it is Chris: 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 -C Source Destination Gateway Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.98 192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255 ibl 0 0 9 lo root.home 192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255 bl 0 0 1 eth0 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 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 hope this information helps give a clue as to the problem. -- 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/