Can't ping Windows-Linux and Vice Versa

[Satanic Atheist]

OK. I take it no-one is going to reply to my last posting... Too vague perhaps? Well the problem stands as my Linux machine (RedHat 7.1) will not talk to my Laptop (Win95) or vice versa. Ping doesn't work, nor Telnet or anything. I know that the ethernet card (SMC Etherpower II) is fine and so is the cabling because the machines are more than happy to talk when the Linux box is running Win2k.

I'm using RJ45 AND BNC cable (although not at the same time, obviously) just to try and find out whether the card is autonegotiating or not. When I try to ping the other machine from either machine the machine's corresponding light on the hub flickers to indicate activity (although the "replying machines'" doesn't). I know that the machines are basically communicating, but presumably not understanding eachother. Here's a dump of ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWAddr:00:E0:29:1C:2A:32
inet addr:192.168.1.1 BCast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BRAODCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 METRIC:1
RX packets:0
errors:0
dropped:0
overruns:0
frames:0
TX packets:0
errors:73
dropped:0
overruns:0
carrier:73
collisions:0

There's also the same sort of stuff for the Loopback device and modem, but I doubt that's relevant...

The ROUTE report:
Destination: 192.168.1.0 GW:192.168.1.1 Mask:255.255.255.255 Flags:UGH Metric:0 Ref:0 Use:0 IFace:eth0
Destination: 192.168.1.2 GW:0.0.0.0
Mask:255.255.255.255 Flags:UG Metric:0 Ref:0 Use:0 IFace:eth0
Destination: 192.168.1.0 GW:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.0 Flags:U Metric:0 Ref:0 Use:0 IFace:eth0

Again, there's info about the PPP dial-up connection, but that's presumably not relevant. The modem CAN ping other systems quite happily.

And as for the cat /proc/interrupts report:
0: 279362 XT-PIC timer
1: 10878 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 77 XT-PIC eth0
7: 67280 XT-PIC serial
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
11: 328 XT-PIC usb,uhci EMU10k1
12: 88744 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 22349 XT-PIC ide0
15: 40754 XT-PIC ide1
NMI:0
ERR:0

I think that's all of it... if any of you Linux-Geniuses need anymore info, just let me know and I'll go fetch it...

Oh, hang-on, for some reason Linux doesn't load the module for eth0 at boot time (there are no errors in the log script) and it has to be loaded manually afterwards. It loads fine, though...

The laptop's settings are:
IP: 192.168.1.2
Mask: 255.255.255.0
WINS: DISABLED
Gateway:192.168.1.1
DNS Config: Laptop.Howells.Peanut.lan
DNS Search: 192.168.1.1
Domain Suffix: Howells.Peanut.lan
NetBIOS:Greyed Out
Advanced:None
Bindings:File and Printer sharing, MS Network Client.

This problem is really starting to wind me up now, and I'd really appreciate a response... Failing that, does anyone want a couple of systems? (Slightly damaged - the odd boot print here and there maybe ;-)

James

[ssadams]

well looking at your ifconfig dump its obvious that nic is not working under linux.I have to guess a hardware conflict that is resolving under windows but is not tollerated by linux.Do you have a printer connected to this RH/2000 box? as they like IRQ 5 or 7 depending on how many there are.are there any options for your nic such as io and irq when you laod the module?

[jumpedintothefire]

try:
lsmod

Is the module loaded?
Which module are you trying to load?

in redhat 6.2 there is a /etc/conf.modules
that you would edit,

alias eth0 epic100

if you wanted epic100 to load on boot, not sure on 7.1