From: Aaron Brown <linux@fsckit.com>
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To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Linux/W95 LAN
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 06:34:49 -0700 (MST)
Try replacing the ethernet cable on the linux box. Or test it to see if
that is the problem.
--
-Rune
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Foot...
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same...
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
:Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:53:41 PDT
:From: Nick R <laktar@hotmail.com>
:Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
:Subject: [Plug] Linux/W95 LAN
:
:I'm trying to set up an ethernet LAN in my house. I've got a W95 box
hooked
:byto a hub which is hooked up to a Linux box. The Linux box is 192.168.1.1
&
:the W95 box is set to 192.168.1.2. I can't ping one w/ the other, but each
:can ping itself. When I ping the Linux box from the W95 box the light for
:the W95 box on the hub blinks. When I ping the W95 box from the Linux box
it
:doesn't, but it does blink when I ping the broadcast address from the
Linux
:box (192.168.1.255). Both boxes have subnets set to 255.255.255.0. I know
:I've probably missed something really obvious (to somebody who knows what
:they're doing), but I just can't think what it is. Do I need to enable
:something on the W95 box? Maybe the Linux box (the ethernet interface is
:already enabled in case you're wondering)? Other than what I've mentioned,
I
:haven't configured anything in either box that I'd think would make a
:differenct (I did configure the ppp interface & it is on on the Linux box
:though).
:
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