Re: [SLE] Wireless Lans

From: John Andersen (jsa_at_pen.homeip.net)
Date: 01/18/04

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:40:25 -0900

    On Sunday 18 January 2004 00:42, Philip Burness wrote:
    > > It seems unlikely that you have the firewall disabled as you claim.
    > > I suspect the desktop machine has a firewall from your incomplete
    > > description.  You can easily figure out the problem by
    > > creating a map of what pings work and what pings don't.
    > >
    > > Your statement above does not indicate in which dierection
    > > you have tried to ping.  When you say you can ping between
    > > two machines, does that imply you can ping in both directions?
    > >
    > > Ping does not send any information sufficient to identify the
    > > operating system of origin.  Therefore, this can not be a
    > > SuSE problem.  It's simply a networking problem.
    > >
    > > You need to map it out in detail.
    > >
    > > --
    > > _____________________________________
    > > John Andersen
    >
    > When pinging I can ping in both directions from hp to desktop and from
    > desktop to hp, also from hp to dell and from dell to hp. But not from dell
    > to desktop or desktop to dell.
    > How can I check that the firewall on the desktop is completely off?

    Check your subnet masks for typos...

    hp <--> desk
    hp <--> dell

    Its almost as if you hp has set up two distinct
    wireless virtual lans, and is not bridging between the two.

    If this were wire it would be easier, but I'm not that familiar
    with ah-hoc mode. 

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