Network setup problem

[thaneboy]

Hi!
I have 2 machines
one is having WIN ME (name RAM) with static IP 192.168.42.2 and SAME machime in LINUX OS (name PROM)with
static IP 192.168.42.3.
Second machine is WIN98SE (name ROM) with static IP 192.168.42.1 ,
The N /W card is RL8029(AS) and BNC cable.

Problem : I can only ping my machines that too when the 1st machine is running LINUX , but cannot use services
like FTP or TELNET which are turned on and tested.I dunno why i can't use any such service on other machine.
Even the FTP server software installed of ROM (2nd machine) cannot be accessed by PROM.
In WIN ME (mode of 1st machine), i cannot even ping the opposite (ROM) machine.
My hardware setup is checked manytimes with end-to end conncectivity using MULTIMETER.

What can be the possible problem ?.
Please help me.

 

[jfunk]

The fact that you can ping means your hardware setup is okay.

Must be some software settings that are wrong.

You said you are using BNC cable...you have terminators, right??



j

 

[Jonathan93]

If you can ping between the two machines in Linux it is NOT a physical or cabling problem (Unless maybe you bumped the cables enough to get them to work or something of that nature)..... The reason these services may not work is because Linux likes to do Reverse DNS before it allows connections. It could take a while for these to time out..... DNS lookups can be controlled by the /etc/resolv.conf file.

Also comment out the ALL: Paranoid line in the /etc/hosts.deny file.... This doesn't allow connections to any host whose name does not match its IP address.

 

[thaneboy]

Ok , i will try the suggetion, well ofcourse i did connect the terminators.And i had reinstalled fresh copies of Windows(both machine) twice.
Thanks.