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by lino767

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Hi,

When I try to ping a computer name (XXX) from a server(w2k) I get error message "EXPIRED IN TRANSIT". When I ping the same computer (XXX) from workstation I get "REQUEST TIMED OUT".+ I can not ping any computer from XXX computer but when I ping XXX from XXX itself I get a reply. Please let me know if there is a difference between this two and what I need to do solve this problem.
XXX computer can not connect to the network but some how internet explorer works fine.

XXX is W2K.

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by duskos

Check your network configuration:

In Win 98 go to Start, Run. Type:
WINIPCFG

In Win 2000 open Command Prompt. Type:
ipconfig /all

Try to ping computers by IP address, not names.
If you are successfull with IP addresses and unsuccessfull with names, then name resolution is the problem.

If you are unsuccessfull pinging computers with IP addresses, examine addresses.

If you have DHCP on your network and addresses are something like 169.254.y.z then your computers do not get addresses from DHCP service.

If both computers you want to ping are on the same subnet, check that IP addresses are from the same subnet range and subnet masks are the same For example:
Computer1:192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
Computer2:192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0

If the computers you want to ping are accross routers, ping the router's IP address first.

by iulian costache

You have a netmask problem. It is set in a way that it includes de router (you can go into internet) but it excludes the rest of the lan (you cannot ping anything else).
You get two different errors because the server interprets the error corectly,the workstation just says request timeout. This means that it should reach the XXX computer but it does not (otherwise it would give host unreacheable message).
So, set the netmask just as it is on the server and it will work fine.

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