hello all.
i have a networking problem and despite some efforts i put in, it
remains unresolved.
setup:
my computer runs debian 3.0. it is connected to a lan. and through the
lan to the net. i have a static ip address. the server runs win nt.
several other computers running different win flavours are connected to
the server.
objective:
access the internet from my computer.
access other computers on lan
access hp printers connected other computers (640c, 710c, r45, etc)
status:
i am unable to ping my machine's ip address, server's ip address.
ifconfig:
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:3C:C0:93
inet addr:192.168.1.21 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:252 (252.0 b) TX bytes:2486 (2.4 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xa000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)
interfaces
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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.21
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.22
dmesg - after running stop and start networking manually
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eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.
eager to shift to linux but unable to till i overcome this difficulty.
thanx in advance,
sandip