networking help needed (newbie question)

I'm trying to setup a simple network between two machines. One is running windows XP and the other is red hat 7.2. Both have ethernets, both ethernets are identified. Connection is through a cross-over cat5 (no hub).

I setup IP's manually:

Linux: 192.168.0.1
Windows: 192.168.0.2

The network icon in windows xp shows an active network.

When trying to ping the linux machine from windows, it doesn't work:

Code: 
C:\Documents and Settings\Ahmad>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
The network connection activity shows some sent packets, but 0 (zero) recieved.

Configurations on windows:

Code: 
C:\Documents and Settings\Ahmad>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : ahmadh.com
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

PPP adapter D-Link DSL-100D ADSL Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.150.86.92
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 62.150.86.92
When using the 'route' command on linux it shows this entry (along with others):

Code: 
Destination   Gateway   Genmask       Flags   Metric   Ref   Use   Iface
192.168.0.0   *         255.255.0.0   U       0        0     0     eth0
This is what i get from ifconfig on linux:

Code: 
inter addr: 192.168.0.1
Bcast: 192.168.255.255
Mask: 255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
RX packets: 0
TX packets: 19

 

 

 

 

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