This is my first message on this list, so please be gentle :-) I have two computers connected by a crossover cable and identical NICs. One is running Mandrake 9.1 and the other is running W2k. I have had them communicating perfectly for quite a while. I was able to use Samba (so cool!) & VNC (to avoid buying a KVM switch) & of course ping. But after shutting the machines down before a lightning storm a few weeks ago, I can't get them to talk. I readily admit that I don't know much about networking but I want to learn. I'm not sure where to start, but I think this should help: [rick at myLinux rick]$ ping myW2k PING myW2k (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data. From myLinux (192.168.1.1) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From myLinux (192.168.1.1) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From myLinux (192.168.1.1) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable --- myW2k ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 5027ms, pipe 3 I had a similar problem before and solved it by physically removing the NIC from the Linux box, booting, re-installing the NIC and when I booted, I got VNC working but not Samba. I tried this again but no luck. -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list