On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 18:39 -0700, Lee Einer wrote:

> Discrepancy noted- HWaddr is populated (probably no problem there) however
> inet addr: 192.168.0.101   Bcast 192.168.0.255 - each has zero instead 
> of one in third group of digits
> Mask is 255.255.255.0 as expected
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ok - good - my fault
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> 
> Inet addr 192.168.0.100  Bcast 192.168.0.255
> Same discrepancy as noted on Mepisbox- third group of digits is zero 
> instead of one for both IP and Bcast addresses. Subnet mask is as expected.
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ok - good - my fault
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> >If this is correct...
> >
> >put into both computers /etc/hosts
> >192.168.1.100        Mandrakebox #or whatever name you fixed on
> >192.168.1.101        Mepisbox    #you seem to have settled on this name
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based on above (fixing my faults)...
put into both computers /etc/hosts
192.168.0.100        Mandrakebox #or whatever name you fixed on
192.168.0.101        Mepisbox    #you seem to have settled on this name
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> >Try pinging Mandrakebox from Mepisbox and vice versa
> >
> >ping Mandrakebox #or whatever name you fixed on
> >
> >ping Mepisbox
> >
> >and if that has any errors, it can only be 3 things...
> >
> >bad cables...does the 'hub/switch' show 'links' for both computers at
> >the same time?
> >
> >bad hub/switch ? see above - cables known to be good - still no links
> >
> >firewall blocking ping...
> >
> >/etc/init.d/iptables stop
> >then try to ping again
> >
> >/etc/init.d/iptables start #turns firewall back on
> >
> >report back if any of that fails
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now the next steps ???

Craig

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