networking for a Linux Newbie

[Travis Ecclestone]

Hi folks

Hate to bust you guys again but I need help.  I have installed Linux Mandrake 8.0and thought I would be clever (ha ha) and connect my Win98SE machine to it with networking.  Well I thought it would be reasonably easy (silly).  Anyway I have checked a whole lot documentation and used what little knowledge and skills I did have and what have I got?...well here it is.

I have set up the IP addresses and configured the network protocols and the Win machine will get a ping response from the Linux machine on the 127.0.0.1 IP address for the localhost.localdomain but when ever I try and get a ping response for the linux machine or the Win machine either using the IP addresses or the host names I get Destination Host Unreachable.  Sometimes the Win machine tries to log onto the net.

I took advise from the documents at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cmlan.html

I can't sort this problem out.  I have spent all day from install to this and well I am stuck.  Can anyone help please?  It is probably something really simple and easy but stuffed if I can work it out.

Travis
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