Hi,
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Originally Posted by jenniekingsland
Hi
I am new to Linux and we have just recently got some Linux servers.
Why is that I cannot ping the linux server from windows using the command prompt? I can connect to it through Putty and when connected through putty I can ping the Linux server itself fine but I want to be able to ping it through Windows using cmd.
Do we need to set something up on the network side?
Thank you
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How are you pinging from the 'windows' machine, name or physical address? Do you have the lmhost file setup on the 'M$' machine? Do you have the ''
/etc/hosts' files setup on the Linux side?
Look at '
LQ Networking' to aid you in setups.
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