Oh. I guess it was a confusing sentence. I meant "It might be a bad cable or a crossover cable." I just shortened it. I guess it could be a bad NIC, too.
-Mark On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Jay Strauss wrote: > Mark not to put words in your mouth (keyboard), but did you mean: > > If there is no connect light the NIC card might be bad or you are using a > crossover cable by mistake. > > Jay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark K. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:38 PM > Subject: RE: [vox-tech] newbie > > > > When you say "no signal coming from the Linux box", do you mean no > > blinking data lights or no connect light? If it's the connect light, it > > might be a bad or crossover cable. If it's the data light, the routing > > table might be misconfigured. > > > > -Mark > > > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Kevin Dawson wrote: > > > > > Hi Marc, > > > > > > Thank you for the nice troubleshooting guide. As some people suggested > > > here, today I bought a small 10basedT hub at Fry's electronic. Its LEDs > > > are telling me that no signal is coming from the Linux box. On the other > > > hand, the laptop's side is shining green and flashing when pings come > > > from the laptop. On the Linux system, ifconfig writes nice things about > > > eth0. It even lists its MAC address. I'm tempted to take the computer to > > > the next Installfest. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marc Hasbrouck > > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 7:37 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] newbie > > > > > > Well, lets see. These are the questions I start with > > > when trouble shooting a LINUX/SAMBA/Windows problem. > > > > > > 1. Can you ping one system from the other? > > > 2. If yes skip to 5 below. > > > 3. Check to see if the cable is a crossover cable like > > > is should be. If no, get a crossover cable and go to > > > step 1. > > > 4. Are the IP addresses and net masks on Windows and > > > Linux set correctly. I.E. Windows 192.168.1.10, Linux > > > 192.168.1.11, both having a netmask of 255.255.255.0. > > > If no, correct. > > > 5. Is the workgroup for the windows systems that same > > > as the one set in the /etc/smb.conf file on the Linux > > > system? If no, correct. > > > 6. If yes, can the windows system see the Linux system > > > in Network Neighborhood? If no, we got problems that > > > need more specific info. If yes, is there an error > > > message you get when trying to open the Linux system > > > icon from windows on the laptop? > > > > > > What this boils down to is that I need to know where > > > the failure is occuring. Is it hardware?, > > > configuratuion? lack of documentation?, something > > > else? > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > > > > -- > > Mark K. Kim > > http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ > > PGP key available upon request. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech