I have been trying to get my Mandrake 9.0 comp with an onboard LAN to go on the network for a while. I have the settings exactly the same as when I boot to XP, but it just doesn't work. Unfortunately, a lot of other posters seem to have the same problem. Is this something wrong with Mandrake 9.0 or what?

Others who have reported the same problem:
- soulplant -- Networking > Mandrake 9.0 can't ping Windows98
- encode -- Networking > Mandrake 9.1 + onboard lan
- iannai -- Networking > Cannot ping between WinXP and Mandrake 9.1
- tidtack -- Distributions > Lan problem with mandrake 9.1
(- fostiator -- Networking > I can't ping anything on my network) - he may have a diff prob





Info on MY system.

Server:
-- OS: Win XP Pro
-- IP: 10.0.0.41
-- SN: 255.255.255.0

Client as XP:
-- OS: Win XP Home
-- IP: 10.0.0.45
-- SN: 255.255.255.0

Client as Linux:
-- OS: Gnu/Linux Mandrake 9.0
-- IP: 10.0.0.46
-- SN: 255.255.255.0


# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:CA:44:67:24
inet addr:10.0.0.46 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:304 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0xbc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:585 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:585 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:40772 (39.8 Kb) TX bytes:40772 (39.8 Kb)

you don't mention your "route" output. have you set a gateway? can you ping yourself?

superb work for searching, thanks!

debug info as requested:

route output:

Destination | Gateway | Genmask | Flags | MSS | Window | irtt | Iface
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.0.0.0 | * | 255.255.255.0 | U | 40 | 0 | 0 | eth0
127.0.0.0 | * | 255.0.0.0 | U | 40 | 0 | 0 | lo
default | me | 0.0.0.0 | UC | 40 | 0 | 0 | eth0

iptables -L:
I get input,forward,output policy: accept ; everything else blank. Probably nothing here.

I can ping myself
I can ping my loopback IP
I cannot ping anyone else

thanks