On 04-May-2002 shyamk wrote: > I am trying to establish networking on a LAN consisting of > 2 machines on Linux 2 on Windoze. > My second Linux box never used to respond to the network. > So I did : > ifconfig -a > ifconfig eth0 192.147.165.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig -a > > Now from the one Windows box (192.147. 165.1) , > connected to the same HUB, I tried to telnet 192.147.165.4 > I got the message "Could not connect". > Then I gave ping 192.147.165.4 > which vae out 4 packets sent 4 received 0%packet loss. >
this may be a stupid question, but is the linux box actually running the telnet daemon? If you are on the linux machine and type 'telnet localhost' do you get a login prompt? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]