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>>>>>>> My laptop can't ping my remote system but it can ping others |
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>>>>>>> (google.com, yahoo.com, etc). I've tried disabling my firewall on |
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>>>>>>> both ends with '/etc/init.d/shorewall stop && shorewall clear'. Could |
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>>>>>>> my AT&T business ADSL connection on the remote system be blocking |
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>>>>>>> inbound pings? |
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>> I did 'traceroute -w 30 -I ip-address' several times and the last IP |
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>> displayed is always the same. I looked it up and it's an AT&T IP |
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>> supposedly located about 1500 miles from my machine which is also on |
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>> an AT&T connection. Does this tell me anything? |
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> Yes, it tells you that all hops up to that point at least respond to |
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> the kinds of icmp packets traceroute uses. The first hop that fails to |
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> answer isn't answering. |
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> You are looking for possible reasons why icmp might not be working out |
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> properly - that router is your first suspect. Admittedly, it might be |
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> blocking traceroute pings and still allow the responses you seek, but |
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> you have to start somewhere :-) |
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So the culprit is the first IP that should appear in the list but |
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doesn't? If so, how is that helpful since it's not displayed? |
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- Grant |
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