If you have applied Windows XP Service Pack 2 to the Windows machine, then most likely the "new" built in Windows Firewall is blocking the ping request. You can either choose to completely disable the firewall, or simply go into the firewall and allow "printer and file shareing", this should allow ping requests to be returned. Quite frankly, if you Windows machine is sitting behind a good Linux firewall, then I would turn off the Windows firewall completely. Go to the Start menu, then Control Panel, and in the Control Panel, look for "Security Center". This will open yet another new window where you can choose to turn off the Windows Firewall. Be fore warned that once you turn off the Windows firewall, each time you reboot you will get a popup telling you that your Windows computer is not secure (big news flash there). In that same "Security Center" window, there is an option on the left side, should be the bottom option, something to the effect of "modify how windows security center notifies me". Left click on that to open yet another new window and in that window uncheck all the notification options. Good bye silly popup messages. Hope this helps. If anyone needs some quick answers on the Windows Firewall after SP2, give me a shout, I've had to deal with it at work for the last month or so (plus a couple months testing it to work in our environment). Todd Young Nick wrote: > Hello all, > > Situation: I have a SUSE 9.0 Linux laptop hooked up to a Windows XP > Home Edition desktop with a cross over cable. Windows recognizes the > connection. Linux doesn't. > > Question: When I ping, Linux says network is unreachable. How do I > get Linux to see the network? > > > P.S. I'm new to lists, so if I do anything deserving of flaming, > please tell me, don't flame. Thank you! > > > “Take sides. Neutrality helps the > oppressor, never the victim.” > ~ Elie Wiesel > > View my blog & artwork! > *********************** > http://artandprose.blogspot.com/ > Support Care2 Email: 1,400 whales may be killed this year. Take action! http://www.care2.com/go/z/17954 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Todd Young