Hi Saravan, thanks for reply. >On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, SaravanaKumar wrote: > have u configured the ip address correctly. > # ifconfig eth0 (displays the current ip of ur system.) the output is Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: 32 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: d Current message level: 0xffffffff (-1) Link detected: yes > What do u mean my connecting to lan? there wont be any network > neighbourhood icon in Linux. Try pinging your system with others in the > network. it does not ping the messege is icmp destination host unreachable... also I am giving some additional details of my system please have a look at them. output of lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) output of netstat -rn Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 172.31.65.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 172.31.65.21 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > Also check if u have configured the firewall during setup. This is a > very common error i see with windows admins. do check it and configure > it properly or disable it(if ur not connected to internet). output of iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT udp -- 172.31.100.9 anywhere udp spt:domain dpts:1025:65535 ACCEPT udp -- 172.31.100.8 anywhere udp spt:domain dpts:1025:65535 ACCEPT udp -- 172.31.100.6 anywhere udp spt:domain dpts:1025:65535 ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:telnet flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spts:bootps:bootpc dpts:bootps:bootpc ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spts:bootps:bootpc dpts:bootps:bootpc ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:0:1023 flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:nfs flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpts:0:1023 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:nfs reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:x11:6009 flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:xfs flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN reject-with icmp-port-unreachable please suggest whats wrong. Is there something wrong with the installation. would reinstalltion help ?? bye, shatam -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list