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 C8D0B1381F3 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 15:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FF70E0F3F; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 15:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com (mail-wg0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27D99E0ED6 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 15:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f53.google.com with SMTP id n12so2956143wgh.8 for ; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 08:09:23 -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=8r/f2kNXNFsQ3JwPoZjJjfhRkrXJ8igbfpInCfMaVIo=; b=Z9ekMHYwN/W1UKD4cc5GzIppeO5ecgag0eoAl57mONFoxbZEgzgff8+aefYMYNhgEG GZNCKVDM7MyUIrZ/QaD1zO6Xm1NJMA91TuJXcMF+F5CClzp4dPdmlNXSQAZ++DB96vWO F4gKcFfIFHc8iXl6NAn+e6PDa5japw093yc4In0S6C2hf1eT5ywOAx6GHw8zGf4og+Jt 0bd83HFLNCQfqVuOrls2AIx2D68+HGd5OQu10hyx/J3hXLLDcpHuov1vNjhR2z7lLQYv wHrN+cvEWXpS6WCXmoHpwxjzV5VFsfslhFrtUxMQVrBXUuazNIKiWdBbhw3NJRhXT079 DErQ== 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 10.180.11.8 with SMTP id m8mr9955447wib.31.1378048163854; Sun, 01 Sep 2013 08:09:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.93.199 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:09:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:09:23 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't ping remote system From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 93dd7b0b-23a7-4a2c-9a89-452be87b0093 X-Archives-Hash: 7855444883e6d2c5b536c637375b5fbb >> 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? > > A possible reason is that the packet filter on your router is blocking this. > (Meaning the router that also houses the ADSL modem.) And it's actually the > router itself that replies to pings; the packets never make it to your > machine. Usually there's a setting in the router's settings page where you > can allow ICMP replies. > > So it's worth digging into the router's settings and see what you can find, > if this is the setup you have. But since you mentioned "business > connection", you might actually not have such a SOHO router + modem combo. I bet you're right. This sort of thing occurred to me earlier so I went to look for that type of setting but I need the access code from the bottom of the device which I can't get until tomorrow. I will try then and report back. Thanks, Grant