Re: home network, cant ping box 2
Shawn Lamson, 2002-Jan-27 11:54 -0800:
> I went back and they did the crossover wiring for me, now i get a green
> light on both ends... still cant ping though... and i thought that was
> it! I am going to reboot now and see if that affects anything...
> currently have eth0 as 10.10.10.2 and 10.10.10.5 respectively on debian
> and caldera, netmasks match, /etc/hosts is ok... no idea why i cant
> ping! Anyone who followed the thread or just knows what I am talking
> about feel free to comment.
> thanks,
Okay, link lights are good. Try this to narrow the problem area
down:
- ping each hosts local interface to make sure it's reachable
- if each host can ping it's own interface and you still can't
ping across to the other host:
- run something like ipgrab on on interface while the other
host pings it
- if you see the echo requests coming across, and you see the
echo replies going out, then you still have a cable issue
- if you don't see the echo requests coming across, you still
have a cable issue
- else you need to make sure the local interface is functioning
properly, although I believe you've already done that
I personally haven't had much luck with custom built cables, as
well as cables made by certain manufactures.
You may also try setting the default gw on each host to its own
local interface.
Let us know how it goes...jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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