Re: Packet Loss -Samba - Pinging
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:31:59 -0800 "Mac Martine" <mac@magusdesigns.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello. I am new to Linux, so this should be pretty simple.
>
> I have RedHat with Samba and Apache. Then I have a Windows machine with XP.
> They are both behind my router/firewall which serves dhcp address
> 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101.
>
> In XP I can see the Linux machine, and I can successfully ping it by ip,
> but:
>
> Problem 1: When I ping by machine name the command prompt appears and
> disappears without displaying anything.
It sounds like you are trying this from a Win program. Try it from
a Command Prompt window, and then see what happens.
Sounds like your linux box's name is not in the XP box's
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS file.
> Problem 2: When i try to ping my linux machine by ip it gets a reply but
> with 100% packet loss.
A routing problem? Is your default gateway set?
> Problem 3: When i click the icon for the linux box I get the error "Network
> Path not found".
Are you sure Samba is configured correctly?
> Are these problems related? Any ideas for any of them?
Maybe, maybe not.
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