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Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 16:32:19 +0200
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system
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On 01/09/2013 15:28, Grant wrote:
>>>> My laptop can't ping my remote system but it can ping others
>>>> (google.com, yahoo.com, etc). I've tried disabling my firewall on
>>>> both ends with '/etc/init.d/shorewall stop && shorewall clear'. Could
>>>> my AT&T business ADSL connection on the remote system be blocking
>>>> inbound pings?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Possible, have you tried pinging your remote system from a different
>>> location? You may try http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
>>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, wrong link: http://ping.eu/ping/
>
> I get 100% packet loss when pinging from there.
>
> - Grant
>
try an icmp traceroute, if you are lucky you'll get a result that tells
you on which hop the pings cease to work:
traceroute -I
but do read the man page (traceroute is like ps in that there are many
versions around and options don't always match up with what folk say on
mailing lists)
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com