On Tue October 2 2007 23:26, James Ashburner wrote:
> 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
I stand before you with egg on my face!!
I double checked the firewall and found that it was running :o I know for a
fact that I disabled it when I first installed the OS earlier in the year (I
asked on the mepis forum the best way to disable it), so somewhere along the
lines it has re-enabled its self.
I shall now leave to wash my face
Tim
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