Re: [SLUG] Home network busted please help

["Holroyd Engineering Services" <hcceng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> What kernel version did you install the winmodem on?  I found that the
> drivers worked for the kernel they were written for (2.2.12?)  but
> crashed 2.2.16 when establishing a ppp connection.
>
linmodem howto goes through a hack which meant to enable the driver to work
for newer kernel, perhaps this affected my current kernel? hence all these
problems I'm having.


> Get a real modem?  :-)

Yeah I should have done that hey, anyone interested in an almost brand new
internal modem?

>
> Check the network setting on the linux box - make sure you can ping the
> NIC directly.  Do a 'netstat -rn' to view your routing table - make sure
> that that is wasn't ruined by the ppp crashing.
>
> Can the windows box ping the linux box?

Yep, pingin network card directly gets results, but not win98 box

win98 box pinging linux box gets expected results