A Ping Here A Ping There Everywhere a Ping Ping

Got a RH 8.0 box serving (SAMBA) date with two NICs (192.168.xxx.30 and
192.168.xxx.31). Eth0 is onboard while eth1 is added.

>From a Win XP box I can ping both NICs (192.168.xxx.30 and 192.168.xxx.31)
with only the eth0 cable plugged in. 8-(

>From a Win XP box I can NOT ping either NICs (192.168.xxx.30 and
192.168.xxx.31) with only the eth1 cable plugged in. 8-(

>From the RH 8 box I can ping the XP box (192.168.xxx.10) with only the eth0
cable plugged in, but can NOT with only the eth1 cable plugged in. 8-(

Obviously eth1 is not cooperating. But, Why does XP successfully ping the
eth1 ip address (192.168.xxx.31) with the eth1 cable unplugged?

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 both look good per the ifconfig
command. But then doesn't ifconfig get it's info from ifcfg-ethx?

I am assuming the MAC addr for eth1 is correct (different from eth0 anyway).
Is there a way to query the actual MAC address?

I do not believe /etc/resolv.conf or /etc/hosts or /etc/sysconfig/network
play in this game.

Hope someone has some ideas as I have run out.

TIA

George





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