saravanan ganapathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using debian3.0 for sometimes and now only I > noticed that some issue in ping. > > My IP is 192.168.11.20 and its accessible in my LAN.It > got response if I ping 192.168.11.21(available in > LAN). > > But if I ping 192.168.11.22( not available in LAN), I > didn't get any output like " Destination Host > Unreachable". It doesn't give any output.
That's expected behavior. There's no entity to reply to the ICMP echo request packets that ping sends. > If I ping 192.168.11.22 from a windows system, I got > reply like ' Request timed out '. > > Both windows and debian have the same gateway. > > Any solution? What exactly is the problem you want a solution for? If you want ping to time out, read the manual page; for example, if you're using netkit-ping, use the -c option. Martin -- ,--. ,= ,-_-. =. / ,- ) Martin Dickopp, Dresden, Germany ((_/)o o(\_)) \ `-' http://www.zero-based.org/ `-'(. .)`-' `-. \_/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
