sounds like the ipfwadm package acting up .. i'd suggest removing it. check your firewall rules when you ping i bet icmp is being blocked.
nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Taupter wrote: > Hello > > > I'm trying to put two Linux boxes (my Debian Slink and a RH one) using > LAN and connect both to Internet via DialUp. > > My /etc/init.d/network is: > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 > > I did not insert the line > > route add -net 192.168.1.0 > > cause it returns SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument > When I try to ping 192.168.1.2 (the other computer) I get "Operation not > permitted" even as root. When the other machine tries to ping > 192.168.1.1 it gets timeout. > I'm stuck. I tried to read /usr/doc/HOWTOS/anithing about setting up > lan, but the documents are a bit confusing (pehaps I'm dumb). > > An interesting fact is that if I start a ppp conection (pon) an close > (poff) upon connection, both machines start to ping nicely, and both can > start telnet/ftp connections on the other side. > > Can anyone help me? > > > Claudio > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
