Nope... It's off... Gawd I have no idea what's happening with it :( > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Sherman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 December 2001 22:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Networking Problem > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 13:03, Neil R Porter wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I'm baffled. I have a 3 computer network at home. Using a > switch, I > > have my Linux machine and two other XP workstations all connected. > > The Linux box acts as a gateway for the net and a print server etc. > > and the xp workstations are simply used for day-to-day > work. I have > > it set up so I can share files between all 3 computers (using a > > combination of microshaft's connection wizard thingy and > > samba/komba2). Everything was fine until recently one of the XP > > machines stopped sharing it's files (and was unable to > connect to the > > other two computers' shared files), although the other two > computers > > still happily share files and printer. > > > > The 'faulty' xp machine still takes it's connection for the net > > through the linux box though! - so no major network > hardware problem I > > thought/think!? > > > > Linux ip: - 192.168.0.1 (gateway) > > Xpbox1 (faulty share machine): - 192.168.0.2 (mask, 255.255.255.0, > > gateway 192.168.0.1) > > Xpbox2: - 192.168.0.3 (mask, 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.0.1) > > > > Both the linux box and XPbox2 can ping each other, and I > can ping both > > the linux box and the XPbox2 from the 'faulty' XPbox1. > However, and > > perhaps crucially, I cannot ping XPbox1 from either linux or XPbox2. > > > > Phew, that took some writing and no doubt has taken some reading if > > you've bothered to get this far :) > > > > Can anyone offer me help please... I know this is not > strictly a Linux > > query as it seems XPbox1 is to blame, but I'm sure someone > out there > > might have some ideas to try at least. Could it be a > hardware issue? > > That's all I could find in the way of help on the MS knowledge base > > webby. > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is it possible you have misconfigured the built-in firewall > on that XP box? > > Dave > -- > Will the third world war keep "Bosom Buddies" off the air? >
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