Xp can ping fedora10 but fedora can't ping xp.

[atifshakeel]

hi i have connected xp and fedora through crossover cable .
xp has ip address 192.168.0.1/24 (manually assigned)
fedora has 192.168.0.2/24 with default route equal to 192.168.0.1

i can ping fedora from xp computer but i can't able to ping xp from fedora computer.

i have manully edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file with correct subnet mask and ip address because when i tried to give ip address manully in network manager the subnetmask is replaced with gateway address don't know why.

now i want to share internet through crossover cable . xp is connected to internet through wireless usb adapeter.

can any one tell me where i 'm going wrong

Regards
ATif

[JEO]

Check the Windows XP Firewall settings, Advanced tab, ICMP settings button, should put a check under allow incoming echo request.

[atifshakeel]

its already checked."allow incoming echo request"

is this probelm due to samba.
when i put command service smb restart errors comes "smb: unrecognized service"

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by atifshakeel

its already checked."allow incoming echo request"

is this probelm due to samba.
when i put command service smb restart errors comes "smb: unrecognized service"

Is samba installed? su -c 'yum install samba'

Edit: If you need to install samba you also need to allow samba through the firewall.

[atifshakeel]

hi glennzo my fedora pc is not connected to internet. so is it possible to install samba then bcz when i put the command "su -c 'yum install samba'" the foolowing messages comes
couldn't retereive mirror list http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/...........
[errno 4] IO error urlopen error.


I have installed a fedora by copying image from usb after booting from usb disk
so do you think all the packages installed already or i have to install now

if its not connected to internet then any other way to install packages.

and how to check weather the samba is installed or not
smb.conf file is present in /etc/samba/smb.conf

[atifshakeel]

i can ping both machines from each other.
but i could not able to use interent on fedora machine which is connected to xp.
is there any dns server issue.
fedora is getting ip through dhcp .
xp is connected to internet through wireless adapter and ethernet card on xp has ip "192.168.0.1/24" no gateway.

fedora gets ip through dhcp "192.168.0.85/24

i can not able to use intenet

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by atifshakeel

hi glennzo my fedora pc is not connected to internet. so is it possible to install samba then bcz when i put the command "su -c 'yum install samba'" the foolowing messages comes
couldn't retereive mirror list http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/...........
[errno 4] IO error urlopen error.


I have installed a fedora by copying image from usb after booting from usb disk
so do you think all the packages installed already or i have to install now

if its not connected to internet then any other way to install packages.

I personally know of no other way. If you had an install CD or DVD you should be able to install it from there but you apparently have no install disk ??

Originally Posted by atifshakeel

and how to check weather the samba is installed or not
smb.conf file is present in /etc/samba/smb.conf

Open a terminal and type

rpm -qa | grep samba

RPM will return a list of all packages samba that are installed. The smb.conf file is present in the default install but samba is not installed by default.

[stelios]

Originally Posted by atifshakeel

i can ping both machines from each other.
but i could not able to use interent on fedora machine which is connected to xp.

I had exactly the same problem a few years ago, while I was still using xp and I was so annoyed that I still remember what was wrong! The first thing you need to check is if your internet connection is "shared". Go to your network connection, right-click, go to advanced properties tab. There should be a "Allow network computers to use this connection" checkbox, or something along those lines, make sure that it is checked.
Then, try pinging an IP address from your fedora box:

ping 18.7.22.83

If that doesn't work, bring down your windows firewall and retry. The problem with my setup was that the free edition of the firewall I was using would not allow internet sharing.

If your xp has a fixed ip 192.168.0.1, you can solve your dns problems by adding this line to /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.0.1

[atifshakeel]

i checked the etc/resolv.conf the name server with 192.168.0.1 is already there.
i disable the windows firewall and try to ping 18.7.22.83 from fedora but failed
In my network places->WPA2 there is no workgroup computer showing not in fedora neither in xp.

i checked for the samba whether it installed or not by
rpm -qa | grep samba
samba-common -3.2.11-0 30.fc10.i386
samba 3.2.11-0 30.fc10.i386
samba-windbind -3.2.11-0 30.fc10.i386

SElinux is set to permissive
also eth0 is not up on startup i have to manually up the ethernet card by ifconfig eth0 up

i couldn't able to share internet


any one knows what may be the problem.