Path Traveled Start Server does not hang during boot All other Windows clients display this symptom, or there are no other Windows Clients, or it's too difficult to test the other Windows clients The Linux server can ping its own address from its console's command line The Windows machine can ping the IP address of the Linux server The Linux server can ping the offending name or IP, or the offending name or IP is the same as the server's main IP.

If it's a name, this shows that the naming service is working on the server. If it's an IP it shows that the necessary IP redirection is working on the server. Now let's see if it works as well pinging it from the Windows machine.

Can you ping the offending name or IP from the command line of the Windows client?

• Yes
• No
• The offending name is the Linux server's IP address (counted as Yes because you earlier established you could ping it from the Windows client's command line). An example of this would be a samba (file server) failure or a failure to pull up the server's main web page by entering http:// and then its IP address.