OFF TOPIC - LINUX NETWORKING

[mo.valli at bt.com]

Dear listers

Success!!!
I don't know why, but when I returned home from a tired day at the office
yesterday and was planning to take out the frustration on my little network,
to my surprise, the two Linux boxes connected via the Hub without any
difficulties. I did nothing different than what I tried previously, but this
time it worked. However, I still couldn't connect the windows machine to the
network, so after spending several hours tinkering around, I decided to try
another PCM/CIA network card as this was the only thing I could think of.
Once again to my astonishment, the windows box too connected to the network.
I guess the only mystery is why I couldn't connect the two Linux boxes using
a crossover cable, but do I care???

I very much appreciate your kindness to help and would like to thank you
again.

Kind regards

Mo.



-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:romualt at megsinet.net]
Sent: 10 July 2001 18:01
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - LINUX NETWORKING


Most likely not, but it might in some twisted way.
Greg


On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 04:53:55PM +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> Gregory,
> 
> Yep, it is a private LAN, but I don't think this will make any difference,
> do you?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mo.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:romualt at megsinet.net]
> Sent: 10 July 2001 16:17
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - LINUX NETWORKING
> 
> 
> Mo,
> 
> You are running a private lan, right?
> This brings one question to mind. 
> Why aren't you using the 192.168.x.x ip address with your current netmask
> (which is the right
> thing to do for private class c networks)?
> Try chahnging the ip addresses as I suggested, and see if that helps.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:46:57AM +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> > Gregory,
> > 
> > The linux boxes are configured as follows--
> > box1:
> > ifconfig eth0 132.146.209.80 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> > box2:
> > ifconfig eth0 132.146.209.81 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> > windows box:
> > IP: 132.146.209.88 netmask: 255.255.255.0
> > 
> > Now, as I mentioned in the previous mail, either one of the linux boxes
> will
> > network with the windows box using a crossover, but the linux boxes will
> not
> > network with each other.
> > Additionally, yesterday I purchased a 4 port hub and with this, non of
the
> > machines will network. The TX light flashes on the port wich I'm using
to
> > ping, but nothing on the RX port which I'm pingging
> > further more, if I use the windows box to ping the linux box, I can see
RX
> > errors on the linux box using 'ifconfig'.
> > If I use FTP from the linux box to the windows box, I get the message
'no
> > route to host'
> > 
> > All of the ports on the hub wich are connected to machines, shows active
> > once the Ethernet cards are initialised. Also, the TX LED on the hub for
> the
> > port that is connected to the windows machine flashes sporadically.
> > Associated with this, when I network the linux box with the windows box
> > using a crossover, I noticed that the RX packet count increased
> > sporadically, even when the network wasn't being used.
> > 
> > I have frankly ran out of ideas. Please hlp!!!
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Mo.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:romualt at megsinet.net]
> > Sent: 09 July 2001 17:56
> > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - LINUX NETWORKING
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What's your network config like on the slackware boxes?
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 02:14:22PM +0100, mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Can someone please help?
> > > 
> > > Basically, I have three PCs, one with WinMe and two with slakware
Linux
> > > 7.21. Now, I am able to network either one of the Linux PCs with the
> WinMe
> > > PC using a crossover Ethernet cable, but I am unable to network the
two
> > > Linux PCs together. ping works with the WinMe and Linux networking
> > > combination in either direction, but not with the two Linux PC
> combination
> > > network. Further more, when I check the Ethernet ports after issuing
the
> > > ping command, the TX bytes field shows 0. and this is the same on both
> > Linux
> > > PCS.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Kind regards
> > > 
> > > Mo.
> > > 
> > > 
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