Tim wrote:
> If I do a ifconfig on this PC I get the response
>
> Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:7C:22:45
> inet addr:192.168.1.76 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:35856755 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:48136984 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:304410586 (290.3 MiB) TX bytes:3022004192 (2.8 GiB)
> Interrupt:20 Base address:0x4000
>
>
> So why is it if I go to another machine, and try and ping 192.168.1.76 I get
> destination unreachable?? both PC have full network access, in fact I am on
> the PC with IP 192.168.1.76 with a VNC connection into the other box. KDE
> also reports my IP address as 192.168.1.76.
>
> I think my IP address is 192.168.1.72 (the other PC can ping 72), I can't ping
> by PC name as I don't have the host file setup (could never see the point for
> four PC's).
>
> I have only ever had the one network card in this PC
>
> Any suggestion where I can check to find out what IP address I have and why
> ifconfig is showing the wrong address??
>
> I am running mepis 6.5 (which is a ubuntu base I beleive)
>
> Tim
>
This looks like a firewall, most drop pings by default. I would imagine
that the .72 address is another device.
James
