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> 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. I'll give it a shot. How does one uninstall/reinstall tcpip? Duane > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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