Martin, I thought it was DNS at first also, then I was covinced it was routing, now I am pretty sure that it is DHCP on the Winblows machine. In NT you cannot change to a smaller subnet that 255.255.255.0 ( for DHCP), and mine is .224. I decided to start using static and now everything is fine. This is a good temporary solution until I get the router on a real router and set up my own DNS server. Then I think DHCP will work better over our network, and I think the NT machine will serve better as a coffee table.
Thanks, Gregory Green AdvantageCom, Inc. http://www.advantagecom.com Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Greg Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > machine since it is not acting as the router. Also, when I add a > > certain host to my Debian /etc/hosts file.....the access is great. The > > > I can also flood the machines on the network with ping -f and not lose > > any packets > > > pop server = qpopper (2.2).....one-reocurring 110 error ( connot get > > canonical name of ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) in /var/adm/messages...I think > > this particular machine is just configured wrong in its email setup. > > I think this is a DNS problem. Your linuxbox has trouble resolving the > names of the machines in your LAN. > > Do you have a line "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" in your /etc/resolv.conf ? > > I had a similar problem today. I deleted the nameserver lines and couldn't > connect with telnet and ftp timed-out after one statusline. Other services > worked as well, as long as they didn't try to resolv a name. Ping worked > just right. > > In my case, the tcp wrapper wanted to use 0.0.0.0 as address for a > nameserver when it didn't find an entry in resolv.conf . > > Hope this helps. > > Ciao, > Martin > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]