On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 03:41:58PM -0400, Alessandro Ghigi wrote: > > > > There are some addresses I cannot ping, while I can access them with > > Netscape, ftp or finger (depending on the type). I can't figure out what > > is difference between these addresses and the ones which I can ping > > succesfully. > > This may be a result of firewalling at the remote site. It's possible > to disable ping replies. I believe through ICMP accept/deny rules, > though I'm new at this. But if I ping these addresses (e.g. www.netcom.com, ftp.de.debian.org, xxx.sissa.it) from the account I have on the server (the same server to which I connect via PPP) the addresses respond. Therefore I guess it's my fault. Another strange thing (strange for me, I mean) is that when ping knows and displays the IP corresponding to the address (but does nothing more). Any other idea? Thank you very much Alessandro > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 >
