Franki wrote: > no, your problem is that your machines are on different subnets.. > > as a test, set your XP machine up to use IP 192.168.0.1 and your linux box > to use 192.168.0.2 and your netmask to both as 255.255.255.0 > > then restart the networking on both, and try pinging,, it will work if your > network cards are working.
> I don't really understand why you see the need to do this, what is assigning > the IP for the XP machine? and why isn't it also assigning one for the linux > box? Well I guess he's letting his ISP assign an IP to his Windows box so it will work on his DSL line (or whatever). I get around a similar problem by running NAT, but I'm trying to think of a solution for him. One way would be to run NAT (I think that's the basis of Microsoft Internet sharing or whatever they call it, and then continue to use IPs as you suggested in the second quoted paragraph above). But, I've never set up Microsoft Internet sharing so I don't know how to tell him (the original poster) to do that. Randy Kramer
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