[ale] Networking Problems

[jknapka at charter.net (Joe Knapka)]

"Michael A. Smith" wrote:
 routing problem.  Since you are not using dns, you will have to set up
a
> hosts file and you will need to set your routing file(I think its
> routed.conf) to hosts, dns.  My guess is your network card is the

Or /etc/host.conf.

> culprit.......

Maybe just "route add default eth0" would help?

-- Joe
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Ryan
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 6:47 AM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] Networking Problems
> 
>     This is basically a continuation of the first email I sent.  The
> problem basically boils down to how to get Redhat 5.2 to interact on a
> peer to peer network consisting of win95 machines.  I can ping my
> computer from my computer, but I can not ping the linux box from another
> workstation nor can I ping another workstation.  We do not use DNS,
> bootp or dhcp.  Everyone is assigned a static ip.  No outside
> connections like the Internet.  There are 3 offices connected via a
> router/isdn, but that is a matter to tackle once this is done.  Where
> can I look to try to figure this out?  It's got to be something simple I
> am overlooking.
> 
>         Ryan

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