Re: Network setup problems (formerly Can anyone give me a clue)
Ken Januski wrote:
Hi,
I'm starting this thread over from one that used to be called "Can
anyone give me a clue..." . Sorry for anyone that was trying to help me
with that thread. I'm thankful for your help but feel I need to rephrase
the problem.
First of all I have a crossover cable connecting my Debian machine and a
Windows XP machine. I bought it years ago as an experiment because I
didn't know if I'd ever really need a network and didn't want to invest
in anything more. But as far as I know I should be able to get a basic
network with this. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I can ping the Debian box from the windows box and can telnet in
successfully. But any attempts to ping the Windows box, either with
hostname or IP fail. Basically ping just sits there and does nothing.
When I end it I find a 100% packet loss.
Could it be that your WinXP firewall is turned on and blocking the
Debian machine?
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