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The Win machines have no problems accessing the Internet, or AOL for that
matter.

My problem is as follows:  The Win 98 machine can ping the Win 95 machine
using both its static ip address and its host name.  The Win 95 machine can
ping the Win 98 machine using only its static ip address, pinging with the
Win 98 host name results in an unkown host error.  Using the "find computer"
option in Win 98, the Win 95 machine is found with no problems and any
shared files can be accessed by the Win 98 machine.  The Win 95 machine
cannot "find" the Win 98 machine.  The machines are configured for TCP/IP
only - for Internet DNS they are configured to use the RoadRunner DNS with
the Linux router as Gateway.

I can add NetBEUI as an additional protocol for the two Win machines and
everything on the LAN works as it should and they can still access the
Internet via TCP/IP.   However, I would be interested in running the LAN as
TCP/IP only and so any help in figuring out the problem would be
appreciated.  Why does the Win 98 machine behave very well while the Win 95
machine doesn't seem to be able to find LAN resources?

Regards,
Paul

Good luck!

Quote:> I have built the following LAN:
> Pentium 90 with two NICs running as a router under Redhat 6.1. Eth0
accesses
> my cable modem ISP, RoadRunner, while Eth1 supports a LAN with two
machines,
> one Win 95, one Win 98.  The two Win machines were configured with static
IP
> addresses - 192.168.1.2 & 3, the Linux machine is 192.168.1.1.  The Linux
> /etc/hosts file shows all machine names with the appropriate IP addresses.
> I use IP chains and  IPv4 forwarding to allow the two Win machines to
access
> the internet via RoadRunner.

> The Win machines have no problems accessing the Internet, or AOL for that
> matter.

> My problem is as follows:  The Win 98 machine can ping the Win 95 machine
> using both its static ip address and its host name.  The Win 95 machine
can
> ping the Win 98 machine using only its static ip address, pinging with the
> Win 98 host name results in an unkown host error.  Using the "find
computer"
> option in Win 98, the Win 95 machine is found with no problems and any
> shared files can be accessed by the Win 98 machine.  The Win 95 machine
> cannot "find" the Win 98 machine.  The machines are configured for TCP/IP
> only - for Internet DNS they are configured to use the RoadRunner DNS with
> the Linux router as Gateway.

> I can add NetBEUI as an additional protocol for the two Win machines and
> everything on the LAN works as it should and they can still access the
> Internet via TCP/IP.   However, I would be interested in running the LAN
as
> TCP/IP only and so any help in figuring out the problem would be
> appreciated.  Why does the Win 98 machine behave very well while the Win
95
> machine doesn't seem to be able to find LAN resources?

> Regards,
> Paul

Quote:> I have built the following LAN:
> Pentium 90 with two NICs running as a router under Redhat 6.1. Eth0
accesses
> my cable modem ISP, RoadRunner, while Eth1 supports a LAN with two
machines,
> one Win 95, one Win 98.  The two Win machines were configured with
static IP
> addresses - 192.168.1.2 & 3, the Linux machine is 192.168.1.1.  The
Linux
> /etc/hosts file shows all machine names with the appropriate IP
addresses.
> I use IP chains and  IPv4 forwarding to allow the two Win machines to
access
> the internet via RoadRunner.

> The Win machines have no problems accessing the Internet, or AOL for
that
> matter.

> My problem is as follows:  The Win 98 machine can ping the Win 95
machine
> using both its static ip address and its host name.  The Win 95
machine can
> ping the Win 98 machine using only its static ip address, pinging with
the
> Win 98 host name results in an unkown host error.  Using the "find
computer"
> option in Win 98, the Win 95 machine is found with no problems and any
> shared files can be accessed by the Win 98 machine.  The Win 95
machine
> cannot "find" the Win 98 machine.  The machines are configured for
TCP/IP
> only - for Internet DNS they are configured to use the RoadRunner DNS
with
> the Linux router as Gateway.

> I can add NetBEUI as an additional protocol for the two Win machines
and
> everything on the LAN works as it should and they can still access the
> Internet via TCP/IP.   However, I would be interested in running the
LAN as
> TCP/IP only and so any help in figuring out the problem would be
> appreciated.  Why does the Win 98 machine behave very well while the
Win 95
> machine doesn't seem to be able to find LAN resources?

> Regards,
> Paul

anyway, check the network properties on both win-machines.
i would look especially at the following:
the 'identification' tab,
the name given here should match the ipname under tcpip properties
(i think its dns, and hostname there)
also check that they belong to the same workgroup.
check that 'netbios over tcp' is enabled

last resort, create a hosts and a lmhosts file,
both from one of the .sam-files that win provides,
add all of your machines and their ipadresses ,
and copy it to the %systemroot-folder ( usually c:\windows )

hth

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