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twofoolish2b
11-26-2000, 12:30 PM
Hello Everyone, has anyone been able to network Windows 2000 and Slackware 7.1? If so how did you do it?
I have the two computer connected to a hub and I am gettting a green light on the network cards and the hub. So I know everthing is working. I can even ping the loopback and the static IP addresses of each computer, but I still can't ping one computer from the other. Has anyone had the same problem and if so how did you fix it?
Check the subnet addresses, do they match?
twofoolish2b
11-26-2000, 05:21 PM
Well under the Windows box I do a ipconfig and this is what I get:
IP Address: 192.168.10.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
and under the Linux box I do a ifconfig and this is what I get:
IP Address: 192.168.10.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
so I know that they are on the same subnet. They can ping there own IP numbers and loopbacks. What could be the problem that is causing them not to ping each other? There is no firewall between the two, the network cards and the hub have green light on them to.
twofoolish2b
11-26-2000, 09:22 PM
Has anyone had this problem before. I think everthing is fine, but they still will not ping each other. Any advise?
Sweede
11-26-2000, 09:37 PM
i had a small problem like that once..
something is wrong with your network card/cable/hub,
something.
twofoolish2b
11-26-2000, 09:45 PM
I don't think it's my card, cable, or hub because they are all new. Also last week I had Windows 2000 on both computers and I could ping and do file sharing on either computer. I don't know what it could be but something is screwed up.
twofoolish2b
11-26-2000, 10:47 PM
Well I just formated my hard drive and reloaded Slackware. I have also changed the IP address on both computers. And still nothing.
The only thing I can think of is that when I do netconfig on the Linux box it asks for the domain name. I don't have a domain so I just put in workgroup because that is what the Windows box is using because it's just a workstation and it does not have a domain to join. You know like if you had a Primary Domain Controller to join on a NT network. I have even tried it with out a domain, and still nothing.
I don't know what's going on!
Do you have the cat5 in the uplink port by mistake? Switch ports on the hub. Are there lights on the hub "flashing w/ evidence of negotiation?" Are the IRQs matching what dmesg/device manager say as opposed to the begining of the boot up? The domain name is a non issue here, I have a slack box and a windows machine w/ differing "domains" this would matter w/ SAMBA though.
bleg26
11-27-2000, 12:26 AM
On the slack box, when you did netcfg, did you put a IP for the gateway addy. If these are the only two boxes connected(ie., no internet, just peer-to-peer) type in the IP addy of the NT box for the gateway addy.
I've had several problems like this, and the above works for me.
twofoolish2b
11-27-2000, 07:37 PM
Sorry guys that I didn't get back to you sooner but I was not at my home box today because of work, but now I am. Well I switched the cables around on the hub and yes cain there is some evidence of negotiation because the lights on the hub flash when I ping from both computers.
I also did a dmesg after booting up and the IRQ for the network card is set to IRQ 10, but before I booted up the BIOS had set it to IRQ 9 and it says ISA/PNP for the card 3C509. So I checked the BIOS under PnP/PCI Confiurations and do you know what all of my PCI/ISA where set to Plug and Play. Damn Windows ****. So all I did was change the IRQ of number 10 from PCI/ISA PnP to Legacy ISA.
Now I can ping both computer all day long. You the man cain. At least you got me thinking of something that I was over looking. Thanks