From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:07:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw1dooNOHO5jP35jZz9uQ-dvRTsS8PMJONZw2BjEVxKTXw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52237E83.9080206@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>
>> I did 'traceroute -w 30 -I ip-address' several times and the last IP
>> displayed is always the same. I looked it up and it's an AT&T IP
>> supposedly located about 1500 miles from my machine which is also on
>> an AT&T connection. Does this tell me anything?
>
> Yes, it tells you that all hops up to that point at least respond to
> the kinds of icmp packets traceroute uses. The first hop that fails to
> answer isn't answering.
>
> You are looking for possible reasons why icmp might not be working out
> properly - that router is your first suspect. Admittedly, it might be
> blocking traceroute pings and still allow the responses you seek, but
> you have to start somewhere :-)
So the culprit is the first IP that should appear in the list but
doesn't? If so, how is that helpful since it's not displayed?
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-01 18:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-01 12:28 [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system Grant
2013-09-01 12:54 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-09-01 12:54 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-09-01 13:28 ` Grant
2013-09-01 14:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-01 15:04 ` Grant
2013-09-01 16:49 ` Mick
2013-09-01 18:03 ` Grant
2013-09-01 17:50 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-01 18:07 ` Grant [this message]
2013-09-01 18:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-01 18:50 ` Grant
2013-09-01 19:10 ` Mick
2013-09-02 18:17 ` Grant
2013-09-02 19:03 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-09-05 13:00 ` Grant
2013-09-03 6:12 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2013-09-03 15:35 ` Mick
2013-09-05 13:17 ` Grant
2013-09-07 15:41 ` Mick
2013-09-13 18:39 ` Grant
2013-09-05 13:04 ` Grant
2013-09-05 13:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-05 13:19 ` Grant
2013-09-01 15:03 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-09-01 15:09 ` Grant
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