Thanks. My brain is too foggy at the moment to absorb this. I'll have
another look in the morning.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/31/2011 8:41 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
> In case you want to play with Wireshark...
>
> I suggest installing it on the desktop system, setting the filter to ICMP,
> and then pinging from laptop to desktop and desktop to laptop. The following
> screen capture:
>
> <http://www.ownvolition.com/Wireshark%20pings.png>
>
> shows Wireshark running on the stand-in "desktop", with a ping from "laptop"
> (.101) to "desktop" (.152) - Nos. 943& 944 - and one from "desktop" to
> "laptop" - Nos. 1153& 1154.
>
> Michael
>
> On 7/31/11 5:43 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Under Windows I reset the TCPIP stacks on both machines according to the
>> fixit article Jez referenced below. Absolutely no change.
>>
>> But then I finally recalled (I'm a little slow) that both of these
>> machines have Linux installed. So I rebooted into Linux on both
>> machines and tried pinging from Linux to Linux. I get exactly the same
>> results as Windows. The laptop can ping the router but can't ping the
>> desktop. The desktop can ping both.
>>
>> So, what does this mean? Does it mean there's a hardware problem or
>> does it mean that Windows has diddled some registers in the network
>> cards that Linux is simply using as is?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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