networking question

[Etherphyte]

Hey gang here's the deal,
home network: 3 windoze machines, one linux firewall/gateway (running the new mandrake SNF distro), one cable modem.
Problem: I have the connection sharing working great. All 3 windoze boxes can ping the gateway and vice versa, and all 3 now have cable modem access and can get out the net, sweet. What I would like to do is have the 3 windoze boxes be able to file share with each other. The 3 windoze boxes can't ping each other, ergo, cannot talk to eachother via SMB. How do I get the 3 windoze boxes to ping/file and printer share with each other? Do I need to use samba on the linux box for this?
Thanks,
Adam

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by Etherphyte:
<STRONG>(running the new mandrake SNF distro)

The 3 windoze boxes can't ping each other</STRONG>

i just saw info on that new snf thingy, interesting, you like?

if they cant' ping then something is really weird/wrong

what ip range did the SNF thing use for dhcp?

are you winders ip's stuff like 192.168.1.3 ?
or did you get "internet/routable" ip's from the cable company?

[Craig McPherson]

To ping each other (by IP), they just need to all have TCP/IP working and be in the same subnet. What do you have their IPs and subnet masks set to?

[Etherphyte]

Ok, here's the specifics:
linux gateway/firewall
eth0 192.168.0.1
subnet 255.255.255.0
eth1 dhcp to socal roadrunner
dhcp from rr gives the IP and the subnet
I entered the Roadrunner DNS servers manually

windoze box 1
192.168.0.2
subnet 255.255.255.0
DNS set manually to Roadrunners server

windoze box 2 192.168.0.3
subnet 255.255.255.0
DNS also set manually
etc...

I can ping from the gateway to all the windoze boxes, and vice versa, but the windoze boxes can't ping eachother. Here is where I am confused. They are on the same subnet, but they don't ping each other, nor show up in the network neighborhood.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Adam

PS FoBot, I just found out about the SNF too, so I decided to try it out, and it is pretty cool. Super easy install, as expected from mandrake, and a really slick web interface to configure everything. It uses Bastille Firewall and the Squid proxy. So far I am pretty pleased with it

[demetrius]

Could your firewall be blocking internal connections? Thats about the only thing i can think that would cause that. If they're all on the same iprange and subnet they should be able to ping each other.

[Etherphyte]

I thought of that, so I opened up the firewall to allow every tcp and udp port through for internal/external connections, but to no avail. This one is really bothering me :confused:
-adam

[Etherphyte]

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