[NTLUG:Discuss] simple network problem

Geremy L. Hamlett gnuzealot at swbell.net
Sat Dec 28 08:05:01 CST 2002


On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 01:31:57PM -0600, terry wrote:
> 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?
> 
	Debian box: 192.168.1.1
	Win Box:	192.168.1.2
	subnet mask:255.255.255.0

> >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 Card is known to be good!

> >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?
> 
	route gives: 192.168.1.0	*	255.255.255.0	U	0	0	0 eth0

> >
> >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?
> 
	Yes.
> >
> >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?)
> 
	The card is known to be good.
> >
> >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?
> 
The windows box does not see any thing on the network.  When I ping it
says that it can't be reached.

> 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
	Only DNS of my ISP.
> /etc/sysconfig/network
	I don't have an /etc/sysconfig/network. 
	Debian uses /etc/network/interfaces  which has
		
		iface eth0 inet static
		address 192.168.1.1
		netmask 255.255.255.0
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> 
> And also /etc/hosts.allow and/or /etc/hosts.deny  (If they're not empty)
	Nothing in either of these files.
> 
> 
> 
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