RE: [SLUG] Samba Ethernet problem [Beginner]

["Mark A. Bell" <m487396@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your help.

--- Ben Donohue <ben_donohue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ping localhost to see whether ip is up.

Yes. This works on both machines. Windows 95 and Linux.

> ping your card address on your machine eg. 192.168.1.1 so as not to
> go over the wire.

I haven't tried this - I'll try it tonight. I have tried 192.168.100.3
and 192.168.100.10 from the Linux and Windows boxes respectively, and
they ping fine.

> ping the other card ip over the wire.
No, no ping in either direction.

> usually cards autodetect which port is active. if you have two
> different connectors on the card can you setup 10Base2 to test 
> as well as 10BaseT. (if this is them)

I don't think I can do that. I'm a hobbyist working from home and I
don't have another desktop box. My Windows laptop just uses a 10BaseT
crossover cable. Can I set up debian to send packets just to the
10BaseT interface?

> have you got the setup software to turn on/off the connector 
> you are using?

No, it's a second hand machine and I only know that it's a 3Com 3c900
card because I opened the box to take a look. I do have the manual, but
I'm still working on reading it. I read somewhere that there are Linux
diagnostic programs for this card on Donald Becker's site, but I'll
have to learn how to compile them.

Thanks for your help - all suggestions gratefully received.

mark


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