brian wrote:
>
> Can someone explain something about the response I get from some ping test?
>
> At work I have the whole Class C subnet x.x.77.1-255. When I ping from an
> internal PC (x.x.77.216) to an IP that no PC's are using(x.x.77.201), I get
> a resonse of "Destination Host Unreachable".
This means the destination is not in your routing table which is checked before
ever trying to send a ping into the local void.
> If I ping the same IP (x.x.77.201) from home (totally different IP subnet) I
> get no response at all. The pings just fall into the void.
Expected.
> Why is there a difference in the response I receive internally and
> externally?
Double-check x.x.77.216's config, especially the netmask.
Any chance it's 255.255.255.240 or thereabouts...?
What's the output of "route -n"...?
> -Brian
Pierre
