windows XP to linux ethernet wierd prob

fitteschleiker · 03-02-2004, 04:05 AM

hi i have two computers linked together through identical ethernet cards,
one is running XP the other slackware 9.1.

XP shows there is a connection and that the two cards are exchanging packets

i can ping my linux box from the XP one but not vice versa;

any thoughts? i am trying to get a simple samba setup running

snop · 03-02-2004, 04:37 AM

Hi fitteschleiker,

Did you check that windows xp "pseudo-firewall" is disabled ? I think it's a checkbox in connection properties that says something like "keep my box secure bla bla bla".

You should get there clicking right button on connection and select properties.

Bye

SnOp

fitteschleiker · 03-02-2004, 04:45 AM

thanks it worked... stupid me

davidsrsb · 03-02-2004, 07:26 AM

Fully updated XP boxes now drop icmp packets and hide their netbios names, makes finding out who is abusing my wan very difficult.