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Linux firewall / Win2000 network issue

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by mrpjb

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I have set up a Mandrake 7.2 SNF firewall for a small Win2000 server network with about 50 clients. I cannot ping the Win2000 server nor can I ping the firewall from the server. They are on the same subnet and I have green LEDs on all NICs and switches, cables test good. I can ping lo and the other two NICs internally (has three), but nothing else. Any ideas on what I'm experiencing?

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by lyle148806

Could it be the firewall setup ? When you ping from the Server display the ARP cache, and see if you are getting at least that much connectivity, doing the same from the Linux box. If that does not help, run a sniffer an see what is going on the wire ?

by mrpjb

Thanks for all your help on this one, but I fixed the problem. After trying the suggested, the problem remained. Since it was still in testing phase, I reinstalled SNF and reconfigured it. I can now ping and use other tools on the network. This is tedious work!

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