[techtalk] stuck with TCP/IP, win98 and linux

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On May 14, Emily the visible conjectured:

> My box can ping itself. It tries to send out pings and makes its light
> on the hub blink. I dunno if windows boxen can ping themselves, and when
> it tries to send out a ping it doesn't make its light on the hub blink.
> 
> Therefore, I'm concluding that the windows box isn't configured
> correctly. I don't have good references for windows boxes and tcp/ip
> (ok, so I don't have *any*). So... if you have a good reference, paper
> or webbed, please pass it on to me.

Have you tried the IP CHains howto?  I know there's detailed instruction
on how to set up the Mac on a LAN (I've done it), so there's probably
detailed instruction on setting up a Windows box...

Conni

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