Re: Cannot ping other computers on LAN


CharlieB wrote:
It seems this question has been asked many times before but I can't seem to
find the solution from the responces so I apoligize in advance.

I can access the internet fine on both computers. I can use the IPX protocol
successfully between both computers when playing games. However ping does
not work. I discovered this trying to set up ssh.
[snip]
Can someone help me to find out what I need to do to fix this please?

It's probably a firewall issue. Be sure your firewalls are configured
to allow it.

Both Linux and XP have built-in firewalls and many people with XP use
add-on firewalls.

DS

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