From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B271381F3 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C912E1014; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com (mail-wi0-f175.google.com [209.85.212.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B8E8E0FEA for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:07:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id ez12so509026wid.14 for ; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 11:07:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=plwa2isgUiZR0LXtASIpJsGqRY2GSDO9vS5VRoypScc=; b=oA/o57dx0C1r31fieHFABZZqVR6Mnc8j/IFpmtS0pS9zn7L2WK2azDPpMpa63lG/oj JgwJtYmCxUEnGVS9ZNNzhfraKTy8jGHZCmKAihvfk6yH3PLD3yUzaw52UEBR1jWGaUZ0 BKAT1DnxlfdfwuJR9UnEDE9DOiBaSxTmiyrcuqvC96FwgIKkK8M6ZcUUb2BPoHYF996Q tBaBSvxN5kbHpDxp/c6NI5j9fewM86YK0jILso1kUT0jubpKoNFcPqt0Lc2KWcnaLO9T RbwfjilniS578cIaSZ7h7y3SoTy4lNvWdSezlC988gBrm925KgRFywVX+kbOUfItI0Vk UoTw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.189.37 with SMTP id gf5mr10460827wic.31.1378058855746; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 11:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.93.199 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:07:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52237E83.9080206@gmail.com> References: <522338F2.3030206@hadt.biz> <5223391D.6090905@hadt.biz> <52234FF3.7050309@gmail.com> <52237E83.9080206@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:07:35 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 18679608-6f8e-4b62-b767-98b2242cbcc2 X-Archives-Hash: 3262182091181f1af266c6ac52f7d710 >>>>>>> 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