From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glynn Clements Subject: Re: Local network hosts unreachable Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 21:40:23 +0100 Message-ID: <17015.57783.869212.713677@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <1115102118.3561.5.camel@hermes.at.home> <20050503160510.62231.qmail@web54108.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050503160510.62231.qmail@web54108.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Marc Shapiro Cc: "linux-admin@vger.kernel.org" Marc Shapiro wrote: > I tried a crossover cable, with the same results, but > I am not convinced that it is working, either. This > evening I am going to try and see if I can get it (and > my switch) tested. I suggest running tcpdump (with the -n switch) on both boxes then try pinging each from the other. That will show whether anything is getting through. More generally, any time that you have a networking problem which can't be resolved by trial-and-error within a couple of minutes, run a packet sniffer and watch what is actually going across the wire. -- Glynn Clements