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Re: [OM] Some new data points, was: XP Printer advice.

Subject: Re: [OM] Some new data points, was: XP Printer advice.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:15:49 -0400
Thanks.  My brain is too foggy at the moment to absorb this.  I'll have 
another look in the morning.

Chuck Norcutt


On 7/31/2011 8:41 PM, Michael Collins wrote:
> In case you want to play with Wireshark...
>
> I suggest installing it on the desktop system, setting the filter to ICMP,
> and then pinging from laptop to desktop and desktop to laptop. The following
> screen capture:
>
>      <http://www.ownvolition.com/Wireshark%20pings.png>
>
> shows Wireshark running on the stand-in "desktop", with a ping from "laptop"
> (.101) to "desktop" (.152) - Nos. 943&  944 - and one from "desktop" to
> "laptop" - Nos. 1153&  1154.
>
> Michael
>
> On 7/31/11 5:43 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Under Windows I reset the TCPIP stacks on both machines according to the
>> fixit article Jez referenced below.  Absolutely no change.
>>
>> But then I finally recalled (I'm a little slow) that both of these
>> machines have Linux installed.  So I rebooted into Linux on both
>> machines and tried pinging from Linux to Linux.  I get exactly the same
>> results as Windows.  The laptop can ping the router but can't ping the
>> desktop.  The desktop can ping both.
>>
>> So, what does this mean?  Does it mean there's a hardware problem or
>> does it mean that Windows has diddled some registers in the network
>> cards that Linux is simply using as is?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
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