I have seen the same problem occasionally... I think it may be a DNS problem. This is a possible solution (no guarantees): On the linux box, in /etc/hosts add the ip address and host name of your linux box, also add the host name and ip of your windows box. It could look somthing like this: 192.168.0.2 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.2 LinuxBox 192.168.0.1 WindowsBox And, in linuxconf (can anyone tell I'm still stuck in Red Hat Land?)--in terminal, su to root, type linuxconf [enter]--click networking|host_name_search_path and make sure that hosts, DNS is selected. I'm not sure if this is the fix (when this happened to me, I was experimenting on a machine with an unsupported video card, and didn't care to fool around for very long with troubleshooting. I re-installed linux attempting to fix the video 'cause I trashed the system entirely, and the netscape thing worked without a problem) Hope that it helps! --Greg > Hi! > > I have a lan with: > 192.168.0.1 (PC with Windows 98 SE with a modem, with internet connection > sharing) > 192.168.0.2 (PC with Linux Mandrake 7.02, that have internet access through > the Windows PC). > > Problems: > When Win PC is disconnected from internet (dial-up modem), there are two > problems: > > 1. Netscape take a long time to open the mandrake local document (I have > changed to start with blank page, but it still open mandrake welcome > document) > > 2. I have wu-ftpd installed. Making FTP to localhost it take a long time to > login. > > When Win PC is connected to internet everything is fine. > > > See attached my configuration files > > > What is wrong in my configuration? > > > Thanks in advance > Pedro ********************************************* Want free email? Sign up at http://www.freeze.com !
