Re: New to networking

Curtis' test dude (dude@oldcolo.com)
Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:54:41 -0700 (MST)

Sounds like you could have a routing problem. Make sure you have a
network route and that your subnet mask is correctly set. You can hard
wire in a host route to see if that helps. If you know man pages,
'man route' type 'ifconfig' to see if your ethernet is configured for the
correct IP too.

Curtis

hays@oldcolo.com
Colorado Spring, CO USA

On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, PHILLIPS, MICHAEL wrote:

> I am in the process of setting up a new Linux install with networking.
> I am using Linux 2.0.27 and have tcp/ip, ipx, ppp, etc installed on the box.
> The local stuff seems to be working ( linux finds my ethernet card at the
> proper address and irq). However I can't seem to get my Win 95 box to see
> the linux box (or the other way either). I have read and reread the
> HOWTOs , but they leave a lot to be desired in the way of actual details
> on how to set up a network. Can anyone point me toward a better source of
> info? Please?
>
> Linux setup:
> Pentium, Linux 2.0.27
> ethernet NE2000 compatible
>
> Oh yeah, the two boxes talk just fine if both are running Win 95.
>