Networking Problem

[Thomas A. Condon]

Joel,

> OK. This firewall routing table looks odd. I don't know if this is
> your problem, however (see below). Who or what is setting up these
> routes for you?
>
> 1. 192.168.13.1     0.0.0.0      255.255.255.255 UH  0  0  0 eth0
> 2. [ISP Connection] 0.0.0.0      255.255.255.255 UH  0  0  0 ppp0
> 3. 127.0.0.0        0.0.0.0      255.255.255.0   U   0  0  0 lo
> 4. 192.168.13.0     192.168.13.1 255.255.255.0   UG  0  0  0 eth0
> 5. 192.168.13.0     0.0.0.0      255.255.255.0   U   0  0  0 eth0
> 6. 0.0.0.0   [ISP Connection]    0.0.0.0        UG   0  0  0 ppp0
> Line 1 seems to be pointing to the firewall machine itself. Why is it
> there?
> I haven't done point to point for a long time, so I cannot comment on
> your ISP connection
> Line 4 seems very odd. What does it do?

I removed lines 1 & 4.  I don't recall why I thought they were 
necessary.

> SO, ping from one workstation to the other. Then run arp -n on your
> workstation(s), and see if the other workstation is in the table.
> There may be an incomplete listing for the other workstation.

Right on both ends.

> If there is not a valid listing for the other workstation, just run,
> on your machine 192.168.13.5:
> arp -s 192.168.13.4 00:10:5A:0A:BE:F7
> and see if that updates your arp table. If so, fix the other
> workstation and see if that solves the problem.

I fixed both workstation and laptop arp tables using the arp -s 
command, but still no joy.  I do notice that both machines are
correct in the firewall's arp table.  Also, both now have M set
the flags column for the other machine.

I'm running an ethernet (Cat 5, RJ45), with a hub, which should be 
totally transparent.


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