[vox-tech] Debian networking problem -- where do I start?

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Is the winXP box in your arp cache?

arp -an

Have you tried a port scan from the debian box?

nmap -P0 -n -v -F winXPip

Mark

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

>On Wed 28 Jan 04,  3:47 PM, Richard S. Crawford <rscrawford@mossroot.com> said:
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>>On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:37, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
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>>>what makes this a bit difficult is the fact that XP may not log as well
>>>as a unix OS.
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>>>doesn't XP come with a firewall now?  why don't you check that first?
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>>It's off.  First thing I checked.  :)
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>>>ok.  so you can't ping XP from debian.
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>>>can you ping debian from XP?
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>>Yep.
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>>>can you ping XP from anyone else on your local LAN?
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>>Yep.  I can ping it from both of my Red Hat boxes.
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>>>when you type "route" on debian (not "route -n", i mean "route") does it
>>>   hang for a long time or do you get results immediately?
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>>I get immediate results:
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>>root@lucien: /etc
>># route
>>Kernel IP routing table
>>Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
>>192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
>>default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
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>hmmm.
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>here's what i suggest:
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>1. on debian, ping XP.
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>2. on some other host on your LAN, run tcpdump and look to see if the
>   pings are being broadcast.
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>this will tell you if the pings are being sent correctly.  if they are,
>the problem is that XP is just not listening.
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>pete
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