Thanks for all your help but I think it was just a mis-configured windoze firewall. Yes I feel stupid for not figuring this out. I thought that my install or update of ZoneAlarm might be bad so I re-installed it and re-did all the settings. As I was doing this it dawned on me that ZoneAlarm did not know about my Linux box. So I set that up and put it in the Trusted Zone and viola, no more problems. I guess this is how one learns ;-) I did get a solution to the mouse problem from John Trammell that works very well: switch from X to a text console (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F1), then back into X (Ctrl-Alt-F7). Rick Meyerhoff wrote: > I still have not been able to get my network (just a crossover cable) to > work right. At this > point I can ping from w2k to Linux but not from Linux to w2k. Here is > what happens when I try: > > [rick at myLinux rick]$ ping myW2k > PING myW2k (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data. > > (the link lights on both cards flash in unison but this ping just > "hangs" here without any output until I CTRL-C, then I get...) > > --- myW2k ping statistics --- > 8 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 7016ms > > > I am still learning about networking so please don't make any assumptions. > > Could it be my windoze firewall (ZoneAlarm)? It does not report that > someone has been trying to ping. It's annoying to turn it off because I > only have one mouse (gave the spares away) and if I move the mouse from > the Linux box Linux stops recognizing the mouse when I replace it and so > I have to reboot. > -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff rick at eworld3.net 952-929-1659 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list