Hi!

I am trying to connect a Linux Redhat 9.0 to a Windows2000 PC, via a simple hub.

No Firewall on Win-PC

Firestarter-Firewall on Linux.

I manually shut down firestarter to try to get around the following problem, but it didnt change much.

My Problem:

If i Ping the Win-PC from linux, i get between 30-50% packetloss

when i Ping from Win-PC to linux, packet-loss is between 50-80%, sometimes 100%.

I have absolutly no idea how to solve this problem...

Any ideas?

run trace routes from each machine to the other...
windows: tracert <ip>
linux: traceroute <ip>

that will give you some insight as to where the packets are going. in theory, if they are on the same subnet it should be hopping directly to the other IP...if thats the case and you're still getting that much packet loss, get new cables, try a different hub, and as a last resort, check the NICs.

if its not going directly to the other machine in one hop...print our your route tables.
windows: route print
linux: route


although you might have already covered these steps, in which case im just blabbering.

-d.hawk

Thanks anyway, i guess its in the cables:

I connected the WinPC with another WinPC and still got between 0 and 50% packet loss...

I will try new cables...

But its still weird that the packetloss is higher, if the 2nd computer is running Linux... ? But i guess thats a philosophical question