hi

* I have a redhat server and winxp PC that cant ping each other.

* both show up on the hub
* both nics appear to be working
* both can ping loopback
* both are on the same network (192.168.0.0)


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Carolyn>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : genesis
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-B5-0D-5E-30
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

PPP adapter Hunterlink:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : blanked
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : blanked
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : blanked
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : blanked
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

ifconfig

* inet addr: 192.168.0.1 bcast: 192.168.0.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0
* interupt 5
* no errors collisions etc
* mtu 1500
* metric 1
* lo address normal as far as i can tell

extra info
* didn't enable redhats firwall
* xp uses sygate (all allowed while testing)
* the windows machine can ping other windows machines
* the linux box can ping nothing
* The network card on the linux box is a netcomm that uses the realtec 8139D chipset

This is starting to get on my nerves, linux has caused me nothing but problems so far and i'm getting really frustrated. I have several books on the subject but I'm completely overwhelmed by how complex some things seem to be. So if anyone can spare some time to help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated.

Thankx

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : blanked
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapte
r (NGRPCI)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : blanked
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : blanked
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 30 August 2004 01:20:40
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 04:14:07

ping 192.168.2.4

Pinging 192.168.2.4 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.2.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


2.4 is my debian

Just for you to compare

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

That seems to be different