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Old 03-27-2005, 05:58 PM   #1
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can't ping between xp / linux computers

I have 2 computers on my LAN connected by a 4 port Linksys

192.168.1.1 - router
192.168.1.100 - XP
192.168.1.101 - Linux

both computers can ping the router,
xp computer can ping the linux box
but linux computer can't ping the xp box!

any ideas?

thks
 
Old 03-27-2005, 06:22 PM   #2
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Is your XP box running a firewall that's droping ICMP packets?
 
Old 03-27-2005, 06:55 PM   #3
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I'd agree....sounds firewall related.
 
Old 03-27-2005, 11:34 PM   #4
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There is no firewall running on the XP box....
 
Old 03-28-2005, 08:53 AM   #5
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Are you pinging the IP address or name of your XP box?
 
Old 03-28-2005, 09:22 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by aducarrab
There is no firewall running on the XP box....
Service Pack 2 installs that idiotic firewall by default. You disabled it right?
 
Old 03-28-2005, 08:34 PM   #7
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I am pinging the IP address, not the computer name, and yes the windows firewall is disabled.
 
Old 03-29-2005, 08:38 AM   #8
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This is strange. I don't think RedHat's default firewall disallows pings outward but hey I dont' know. I would start disabling things one by one on each machine.
 
  


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