[lug] Ping Error

[John Hernandez]

Is one of the two hosts totally non-communicative?  In other words, can
you ping other hosts from the server?  from the workstation in question?

It could be a bad port on your switch/hub.  It could be a bad NIC.  It
could be a software misconfiguration.  Unless we get more detail about
what you have done to troubleshoot, it's too hard to tell.

SoloCDM wrote:
> 
> Something is seriously wrong with our network.  A station with Win
> 9x still believes another workstation exists, even though the other
> workstation is disconnected.  When it was connected, I was able
> to use the other workstation to view the files of the workstation
> in question.
> 
> Next, I tried to ping the workstation in question from the server,
> but it wouldn't work.  I tried pinging from the workstation to the
> server and it wouldn't work.  What's wrong?  No ipchains are running.
> The cables are tightly connected.  Could it be the NIC?
> 
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