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


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