On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:

>  
> > Machine 1 - windows1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
> > Machine 2 - linux1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
> 
> Is this a mistype?  Check 'ifconfig eth0' on Linux and 'winipcfg' on Windows
> to see what each thinks it's IP is.
>  

Yes that was a typo, 
the corrected numbers are 
Machine 1 - windows1 ip address of 192.168.1.1
Machine 2 - linux1 ip address of 192.168.1.2


> > /etc/hosts 
> > 192.168.1.2     localhost.localdomain   linux1 
> > 192.168.1.1     windows1 upstairs
> > 192.168.1.2     linux1  basement
> 
> That first line should read:
> 
>       127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 


I fixed that


> else you'll find that some things break.
>  
> > Found Macronix 98715 PMAC at I/O 0xe400.
> > tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > eth0: Macronix 98715 PMAC at 0xe400, 00 80 c6 f8 94 97, IRQ 11.
> 
> Could you post the output of 'ifconfig eth0' and 'route -n'?  
> 
Here it is:
[root@localhost alex]# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:C6:F8:94:97
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe400
                                                
[root@localhost alex]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 eth0
206.115.158.168 0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         206.115.158.168 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0    




Would I be correct in thinking that the 192.168.1.0 in the above
destinations  should be something else (line 192.168.1.1 ?) or am I completely
off base?






-- 
Alex

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