Are you running portsentry? Look in it's history and blocked files and see if those machines are in there. If so, delete them and put them in the allow and alway_allow files. Check your /etc/hosts.allow file and see if they are in there - they should be, as well as /etc/hosts.deny - they shouldn't be. That's all I can think of right now... -s On Friday 08 June 2001 06:44 pm, you wrote: > is there any security measure (script/device) that may prevent computers > > in my home network to communicate with each other? > > I used to have a working network, but something happen that terminated > the communication betwwenthe 2. I think it happened after installing > linx-bastille. i think i removed bastille, however, i am unable to tell > > if when i removed bastile it reset all files taht it changed. > > My windows and linux machines have all appropriate settings and the nic > cards appear to work, but when i try to ping the other machine it > doesn't get anything back > Both, windows and linix, can ping themselves, the localhost, and > external networks such yahoo or mandrake, but they can't ping one > another. I tried everything, from changing setting and all of that. > > Again, the setting in both machines are correct according to all > documentation i've loooked at (mandrake's tutorials, MUO's how-to, and > the 5 linux books i have.). all setting are correct. So i have to > assume the there is some sort of security issue inplace preventing thse > machine from talking to one another > > I'd like to know if anyone can suggest which security files to look at > and change to see if that is what is preventing these machines from > pining each other > > Thanks in advance for your assistance
