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Hi All, One simple test that has often worked for me when I have "unusual" tcp/ip problems on a windows box is to uninstall tcpip, then reboot, and then reinstall tcpip. While it may not explain the problem it often resolved it for me. Just My $0.02 --- Jerry Feldman <gaf at gaf.blu.org> wrote: > Ok, I'm not an XP expert, but I do have a Linksys > BEFW11S4 router. > If you can ping an external IP address, then your > routing seems to be > ok. The XP system should work even with the firewall > in place. > ping itself is a bit strange. First, it uses the > ICMP prototol, not TCP > that is used by ftp and telnet. > Again, the steps that are needed is to make sure > that the router is > providing the appropriate connectivity, and I think > you have done that. > Make sure that you can also ping and ftp to your > Linux box. That will > establish that the routing tables are ok. Also, if > you have SMB > configured on the Linux box, set up a share on the > XP, and run smbclient > on the linux box to see if it can see the share. > > I would still want to run a test by connecting the > XP box directly to > the cable modem. (You would need to register your > MAC address with AT&T > BB. I use the same MAC address in my router that I > do with my main > desktop PC. > > Beyond that I don't know how to proceed since the > problems seem to > emanate from the XP box. > > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:25:57 -0500 > Duane Morin <dmorin at morinfamily.com> wrote: > > > At 10:09 AM 2/13/2003 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > >Why not run a DNS server on your Linux box inside > your network. The > > >use that as your primary DNS server for the XP > box. > > > > Default gateway == router, 192.168.1.1. > > > > DHCP address is assigned by router (*), and subnet > mask is > > 255.255.255.0. > > > > I think I've confirmed that I've got no external > connectivity out of > > the XP box. Despite the fact that I can ping some > known IP machines, > > I timeout when attempting to telnet or ftp to them > (including to a > > variety of ports, including 80). So is it > possible > > to have lost outgoing connectivity somewhere > between ping and telnet? > > > > Attempts to telnet, ssh or ftp from the XP box to > my internal machines > > is fine. > > > > I have completely uninstalled Norton virus and > firewall. I also > > apaprently accidentally removed VNC, which I > didn't mean to do, but > > now am unable to use this machine to run Xapps > from my linux box :-/. > > > > I will work on putting a dns server onto my linux > machine so that I > > can at least get myself running again. But boy, > is this frustrating. > > > > Duane > > > > P.S. - Since I have so few machines this machine > is almost always .102 > > or .103. For some reason, today it is .109. My > router tells me that > > it is the only dhcp client, though. Not quite > sure what's up with > > that. > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature ===== . Regards, Vince McHugh Systems Support Manager NECS\Canon __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
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