[aclug-L] Re: Logging into NT LAN

["Nathan Cozzens" <ncozzens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm trying to login to an NT LAN.
> Here's what I've done so far:
>     Set eth0 to use DHCP.
>     Created a user with the same login name & network password I've been
>     using in Windows.
>
> Result:
>     DHCP successfully gives me an IP address, as shown by ifconfig.  This
>     happens regardless of who I login as.  I was
>     surprised to see a netmask of 255.255.255.0....this is a big LAN.
>
> However:
>     I still can't ping the proxy server....100% packet loss.
>

I can ping the proxy from DOS, but not from Linux.

Lightning struck and my brain kickstarted...at least for a second.  The IP
address DHCP gave me has a different third cluster than than that of the
proxy.  That's why I can't ping the proxy.  I don't know the Dos or Windows
equivalent to ifconfig, so I don't know what my IP address is in Windows.
I'd guess it's the same as what it gave me in Linux though.  (Doesn't DHCP
keep track of hardware addresses of NICs and try to assign it the same IP
address each time?)  Is Windows doing something weird to make the proxy's IP
available to me even though I'm in a different third cluster?  (What do you
call the four segments of an IP address anyway?)

I tried manually configuring for a 255.255.0.0 netmask.  DHCP overrides that
configuration and gives me the 255.255.255.0.

>
> Anyone have any ideas?  Any obvious stuff I'm not doing?
>
> Nate Cozzens
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