Windows can't ping Linux

frkstein · 09-12-2002, 08:14 AM

I am trying to establish a network at home using Samba. I am having trouble that my linux obx can ping the windows box just fine. The reverse is not the case. Windows cannot ping the linux box. The windows box can see the internet and it can ping the router. What am I possibly looking at as the casue?

Snake007uk · 09-12-2002, 08:27 AM

turn off your linux firewall then u will be able to, if that works just setup your firewall to forward your smaba ports

goto the terminal and become root

u know the SU - command

ok now

type the following

service iptables stop

or maybe if your running earlier versions of redhat im assuming your running redhat

service ipchains stop