I cannot establish proper communications between my W2K and RH7.1 machines (both fitted with FA311 NICs).

TCP/IP settings are:

W2K: 191.168.1.1
RH7.1: 192.168.1.2
Mask: 255.255.255.0

Ping works OK in both directions. Also because of reported problems with the FA311 driver I've downloaded and installed the latest natsemi driver from Netgear.

I am using a couple of simple Perl scripts (a client and a server). Both scripts run on both machines.

The W2K client can call the W2K server OK
The RH7.1 client can call the RH7.1 server OK
The RH7.1 client can call the W2K server OK
but...
The W2K client cannot connect to the RH7.1 server.

The call to connect() times out.

The server script expects 2 args..
The server IP address
A port number (I used 77)

The client script expects 3+ args
The server IP address
The server port number (77)
A message of some sort

The scripts are included below...

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Simple client

use strict;
use Socket;

my ($ipa, $port, @msg) = @ARGV;

socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp')) or die "socket() failed";
my $ipan = inet_aton($ipa) or die "inet_aton() failed";
my $ipad = sockaddr_in($port, $ipan) or die "sockaddr_in() failed";
connect(SERVER, $ipad) or die "connect() failed";
select SERVER; $| = 1; select STDOUT;
print SERVER "@msg\n";
print <SERVER>;

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Simple server

use strict;
use Socket;

my ($ipa, $port) = @ARGV;

socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp')) or die "socket() failed";
my $ipan = inet_aton($ipa) or die "inet_aton() failed";
my $ipad = sockaddr_in($port, $ipan) or die "sockaddr_in() failed";
bind(SERVER, $ipad) or die "bind() failed";
listen(SERVER, SOMAXCONN) or die "listen() failed";
accept(CLIENT, SERVER) or die "accept() failed";

select CLIENT; $| = 1; select STDOUT;
my $msg = <CLIENT>;
print CLIENT ">>> $msg";
close CLIENT;
close SERVER;

Fruitbat,

I got here by looking at your other problem post about your linux box not being accessible from Windoze, cause I've been beating my head against the wall for a week on this. Seems like we have similar woes!

My threads for these are:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2F%2FLocalhost

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...&threadid=5964

While I can't solve your problem, as I'm still trying to fix mine, maybe we can help eachother out a bit.

One thing I did that gave me new hope was to see if I could reach the Windoze box from the Linux box. With Samba up and running, try this from a command line:

# smbclient "\\\\WindozeBox\\ShareFolderPath"

I believe that's the correct wording (not at home now). Your should then be asked for a password, and get an "smb>" prompt and be able to cruise aournd your Windoze shares. Type "exit" to end the session.

You can also try:

# smbclient -L WindozeBoxName

This will show any shares on your windows box.

Not sure if this will help, but may at least aid in your troubleshooting. (sorry if you already know this!)

Let me know if you have any luck!

)M.

I fixed my connection problems by reinstalling the OS as a Server (had previously done Workstation), and then firing up SWAT and not messing with manual tweaks off the bat. A few clicks later I was seeing shares from Windoze on my new Linux server.