[lug] Re: Ping Error

[SoloCDM]

John Hernandez stated the following:
> 
> 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.

I ran winipcfg.exe and it revealed ip routing is disabled.

> 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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