[ale] home networking difficulties

Andrew Grimmke grimmke at directvinternet.com
Wed Aug 21 16:05:51 EDT 2002


Andrew Grimmke wrote:

> Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >You machine is not responding to the ping request.
> >It's either a routing issue, or you've got a firewall
> >running on your Redhat box blocking.  What are the ip
> >addresses for the two boxes you're trying to ping
> >to/from?  Look to see if you
> >have /etc/sysconfig/ipchains file.
> 
> I know it has taken a while, but I have been trying to
> figure this out and doing some research on my own.
> 
> the linux box router/firewall is 192.168.1.1
> the windows box is 192.168.1.2
> 
> IPchains is running, but I have set a rule to allow
> traffic from the 192.168.1.X subnet.
> 

>Does it work if you totally disable ipchains? (Just
>flush all the rules - ipchains -F <chain>, for
>each chain, IIRC.)

>Cheers,

>-- Joe
 
I will give it a try. 

Let you know in a few hours.

Andrew

Andrew Grimmke
Marietta, Georgia

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