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

[Tom Massey <tmas5640@nospam.mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Heracles wrote:

> 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.

Yep.

> 2. I also presume the machine is named and addressed in the identification
> area of the properties box.

I'm not sure about this. I can't seen to find the section you're talking
about. I've certainly put the relevant info into C:\windows\Hosts. (And
now I find an interesting effect - having used Linux almost exclusively
for a couple of years or so, I'm no longer very sure about my abilities
in navigating around Windows set up screens).

> This having been done, does Network Neighbourhood show one or both
> computers in the network?

Hmm, I just noticed something weird trying to check this. First, I don't
actually seem to have a Network Neighbourhood on Win95. Second, (and
stranger to me) is that in looking for Network Neighbourhood I pulled up
MS Exchange and found a bunch of faxes that couldn't be delivered. Now I
tried and failed to send a fax earlier today on the Linux box a couple
of times, but then (AFAIK) succeeded in sending one from the Win95 box
(having switched modem cables and stuff around). I won't know for sure
if the fax actually made it out 'til tomorrow, but now this has got me
wondering (probably incorrectly) if the Win95 box somehow picked up the
failed faxes?

> If there is still a problem, check the cable is correctly wired and
> continuous.

Well, this may be my problem. How do I go about checking this? (Aside
from trying a new cable). Is it simply a matter of looking at the
connectors and following the Ethernet HOWTO as to how it should be
wired, or is there another way of checking cable integrity?

> 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.

This is the other possible problem I think. AFAIK IRQ3 is free. cat
/proc/interrupts shows me NE2000 on IRQ3, with a number of interrupt
requests that relates to the number of times I've tried (and failed) to
ping the Win95 box. I also know that when the Linux box is running
Win98, IRQ3 is the only one free. (Both 5 and 10 which would be more
usual for this are taken up by my soundcard apparently).

> Stay well and happy

I will. :-)
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