Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:42:42 EDT From: ATeslik@aol.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Win95/FreeBSD Network Message-ID: <0.a5526102.253a4b52@aol.com>
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I forgot to CC this to the list: In a message dated 10/16/1999 1:51:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ric@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk writes: << ATeslik@aol.com wrote: > > Hello List, > > I have 2 machines, 1 is BSD, 1 is win95. They can't ping each other, > but the bsd box comes up in Network Nieghborhood. What's going on? Is it not > possible to ping a windows machine from a unix box? They are on the same hub > via UTP. IPs are 192.168.1.x and netmasks are same (255.255.255.0). No ipfw > or routed running. Does anyone out there have a small network like this that > mabye I can bounce a few questions off you? Thanks in advance! > Alex >> I have just configured a similar network after much pain, grief and a >>lot of help from the mailing list - but not forgetting my own >> stupidity... >> If the FreeBSD box appear in Network Neighborhood then to two machines >> *are* talking. Presumably you can mount Windows shares successfully >> using: >> smbclient \\\\<remote_machine_name>\\<share_name> Suprisingly, I can't. However, when I do this it does add the BSD box to the win network. Here the output of 'smbclient \\\\bighole\\ftp -I 192.168.1.2': Added interface ip=192.168.1.3 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 timeout connecting to 192.168.1.2:139 Connection to bighole failed >>But just what are you pinging? By name or IP address? If it's by name >>have you set up the names/IP addresses in Windows/hosts? - and do you >> have a similar etc/hosts file in FreeBSD? The windows box is named "bighole" (192.168.1.2), and I have another win box named "scan" (192.168.1.1) that "bighole" works with without problem on the same network. Here is my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 localhost.acatysmoof.com localhost 192.168.1.3 gouda.acatysmoof.com gouda 192.168.1.2 bighole.acatysmoof.com bighole 192.168.1.1 scan.acatysmoof.com scan "gouda" is the BSD box. I hope this helps anyone troubleshoot this. Thanks for the answers! Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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