Re: Network setup problems

["Ogya Chief" <ogyachief@hotmail.com>]

> From: Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
>
> I doubt it; have you tried pinging by address instead of by name?
>
> This "feels" like a problem with Windows; do you have a firewall on the W2K 
> laptop? It might be blocking ping traffic.
>
> I'd pop a Knoppix CD into the W2K box and see if it works correctly on the 
> network; that'll eliminate wiring/etc issues.
>
> --
> Kent
Kent,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I pinged by address with the same results.

I don't have a firewall on the W2K laptop but I do on the debian box. This 
must be responsible for it. I forgot about the firewall completely. I will 
reconfigure it and see if it works.

Regards
Ogya
>

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