[NTLUG:Discuss] simple network problem

[terry]

Geremy L. Hamlett wrote:

>I am trying to connect 2 computers together a Debian "Woody" box and a
>Windows box.  
>
>I have the eth0 interface up and have given an IP and subnet mask address 
>to each.
>  
>
What IP addresses and subnet mask addresses did you use?

>When I plug in the cable from the debian box.  My hub does not show that
>anything has been connected(The ligh does not come on).  I have checked
>the cable and the hub.  
>
And the LED light on the hub, is it okay?  (Maybe it's just not working 
for some reason?)

>The problem is with the Debian Box.  
>
>When I run ifconfig it showed the eth0 interface is up.   When  I run
>route it also shows the eth0 info for my machine.  
>

What exactly is the output of route?

>
>A steady yellow light comes on when the eth0 interface is up. None of
>the other lights come on at all.  
>
The "steady yellow light" you're referring to is on the NetGear FA113 NIC?

>
>The card is a NetGear FA113 PCI card.  Which uses the natsemi module.
>I have the natsemi module installed.  I can't seam to find the answer
>anywhere.
>

Could it be defective?  (Or is it known to be a good working NIC?)

>
>Please help,
>Thanks,
>
>P.S.  All I want to do at this point is ping another computer. Nothing
>else
>  
>

What error do you get from the Windows box when trying to ping the Linux 
box, and what error do you get from the Linux box when trying to ping 
the Windows box?

Do you have anything in hosts.allow or hosts.deny?  (They probably both 
should be empty.)
Look at and/or show us contents of:
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

And also /etc/hosts.allow and/or /etc/hosts.deny  (If they're not empty)