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Bira wrote: |
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> This is a bit off-topic, but it's something the fine people on this |
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> list are likely to have experience with... |
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> I have recently set up (or tried to) a home network. There's an AMD64 |
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> desktop running Gentoo and a recently purchased HP nx6310 laptop |
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> running Windoze XP, and they are supposed to be linked via a D-Link |
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> wireless router. |
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> Both machines can access the Internet, but at first I just couldn't |
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> get them to see /each other/ on the home network. All ping packets |
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> from one to the other were lost. I solved part of the problem by |
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> disabling the laptop's built-in Norton Internet Security firewall - |
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> when I do this, the desktop can see the laptop, but the laptop /still/ |
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> can't ping the desktop. |
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> The problem seems to be solely with the laptop - so, do any of the |
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> list's members with experience in putting Linux and Windows machines |
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> on the same network have some advice? |
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Yeah I can probably help. I have 13 machines at home and a couple of |
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them are windows boxes (for games only). My guess is that the Norton |
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Firewall might be off, but the Windows Firewall might not be. I will be |
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glad to offer help off list. A look at your network IP ranges, etc |
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would be helpful too. |
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Ita erat quando hic adveni. |
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Mark Haney |
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Sr. Systems Administrator |
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