Re: [SLUG] Networking Win95/Linux problem. (and another SLUG!)

[Heracles <renee@nospam.nobbys.net.au>]

Tom Massey wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to network a Win95 machine to my Linux (Mandrake 7) box
> so that Win95 can access the Internet through a dial up PPP connection
> on the Linux box. I've got an ISA NE-2000+ card in each machine,
> connected with a crossover cable.
> <snip>
> Winipcfg shows the card with all the right settings, and I can ping
> 192.168.1.2
> but not 192.168.1.1 - I also can't ping either bob.localdomain or
> bib.localdomain, it looks as though Windows isn't looking in the Hosts
> file. Nothing shows up in tcpdump on Linux when I try pinging from
> Windows.
>
> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong here? I'm wondering if it's a
> bad cable? Thanks. BTW, in searching for info about this I stumbled
> across another SLUG - the Sarnia LUG <http://www.sar-net.com/slug/>.
> Just thought somebody might be interested.
> --

I have a windoze machine networked to my Linux machine. I had none of the
trouble you are having.
A few comments:
1. I presume you went into the properties box for the network on the
windoze machine shows the card and has the TCP/IP protocol set up for it.
2. I also presume the machine is named and addressed in the identification
area of the properties box.

This having been done, does Network Neighbourhood show one or both
computers in the network?
If there is still a problem, check the cable is correctly wired and
continuous.

If all this is OK then I would think about the use of IRQ3.  I assume you
don't have a com port using that IRQ. On my old beast my mouse uses IRQ3
and my external modem IRQ4.

Stay well and happy
Heracles

PS I had the devil's own time with ISA cards and win98se. In the end I gave
up and put in a PCI network card and have not had a problem since.


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