On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:34:01 +0200, Ogya Chief <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a Win2K laptop with a full computer name like henry.workdomain.com > and a domain name like workdomain.com. This gets assigned an automatic ip > address anytime I log onto the work network. > > I have a small linux network at home and I wanted to setup samba to be > able to use the laptop at home to share files on it. For this reason, I > assigned a static ip address to it as follows: > > ip address: 192.168.0.5 > subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 > default gateway: 192.168.0.1 > > I have edited /etc/hosts and included the appropriate lines on the linux > server > and also I have the same entries in the hosts file on Win2K.
what seems to me ,is that you have duplicate ip's on both linux and win2k machine . as you say "also I have the same entries in the host file on win2k" if my guess is wrong please supply full detail of your linux and win2k machines host file output. > > On the linux box, if I try to ping the Win2K laptop, I get the following: > > PING laptop.network.home (192.168.0.5): 56 data bytes > ping: sendto: Operation not permitted > ping: wrote laptop.network.home 64 chars, ret=-1 > > On the Win2K machine, the following is what I get: > Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: > Request timed out. > > I am not sure what I have done wrong, and this seems to be very basic stuff. > Any and all suggestions are welcome. > > Regards > Ogya > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get picture messages that say it all at MSN Mobile Fun! > http://ringtones.msn.co.za/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Nayyar Ahmad Lecturer Faculty Of Computer Science, Institute Of Management Sciences, Hayat Abad Peshawar , Pakistan. Office : 92-091-9217404 , 9217452 Cell : 92-0333-9139461 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
