Kowash Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 (edited) I know that you have to ping from a console. What I do not know, is how do you use run command to ping another pc? The other pc is loaded with windows. Kowash Edited September 6, 2005 by Kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 start a terminal emulator, then: ping ip-address where ip-address is that of the windows machine. If you don't know the windows IP you can find with ipconfig ran from the cmd box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowash Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Thanx a lot for your quick reply. It's awesome if there is still intelligent people that want to help the weak! Another problem evolved out of this answer. for some reason I am not getting a reply from my Winxp pc. It does not ping out or give a bad reply, it gives noooooo response at all. I have tried both the terminals and there is no reply. Thanx again for your reply. Kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Do you have firewall enabled on your Windows XP machine? This might be why it's not replying to ping. You can go into firewall config on Windows PC, and then enable ICMP options without enabling anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 You should also check the firewall in Linux, you can do that in mcc (Mandriva Control Centre) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgje Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Also, make sure they use the same Mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowash Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Do you have firewall enabled on your Windows XP machine? This might be why it's not replying to ping. You can go into firewall config on Windows PC, and then enable ICMP options without enabling anything else. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, Tried to even switch off the Firewall totally on both sides. This had no effect. There is still no response I hope I understand correctly about the MASK. Subnet mask. Are these the same thing????? Both subnet masks are 255.255.255.0 Thanx again for all the responses Kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smorgje Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Yes, I was talking about the subnet mask, sorry if I wasn't clear. Do both machines have a DHCP-assigned IP or a static one? Could you post the output from an 'ifconfig' (linux) and an 'ipconfig' (windows)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowash Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 (edited) Yes, I was talking about the subnet mask, sorry if I wasn't clear. Do both machines have a DHCP-assigned IP or a static one? Could you post the output from an 'ifconfig' (linux) and an 'ipconfig' (windows)? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you very much No problem. I just wanted to make sure I do understand you correct. Once again, just to make sure I am still with you. It is the IP of the TCP/IP settings. The Windows XP pc 192.168.1.101 The Mandrake 10.1 pc 192.168.1.103 Preferred DNS 196.25.1.11 on both pcs. I have wireless internet set up on the same lan that connects via my 8port switch to my Server PC. The ip must be static in order for the server to connect to the antena. Kowash Edited September 7, 2005 by Kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowash Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 You should also check the firewall in Linux, you can do that in mcc (Mandriva Control Centre) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanx Qchem I checked. There was no firwall on in my linux os. kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest linuxhousedn@yahoo.com Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 did u solve this matter? if ping doesnt work at all it could be a basic connection issue. Isolate and eliminate everything one by one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowash Posted October 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 did u solve this matter?if ping doesnt work at all it could be a basic connection issue. Isolate and eliminate everything one by one. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry for not replying. I started another topic that isolated the problem and I was helped. I had to change stuff in my console. Thanks a million for all the help. Have a great day. Kowash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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