[ale] ping won't pong.........

[Courtney Thomas]

Jim,

I thank you for your additional insight.

I agree that it appears to be on their end.

A further problem to which you might also have insight [hopefully] is 
that....

  I can surf newsgroups, but when I go to post to one, I get an 
authentication failure everytime [when I attempt to SEND the posting], 
no matter which group.

This seems to me to also be on their end, in that, if authentication was 
broken on my end why am I being allowed access to newsgroups at all.

Any ideas ?

Gratefully,
Courtney



Jim Popovitch wrote:

> Well, It's possible (not not too likely) that your new ISP blocks inbound
> ICMP packets.  If you haven't added or changed any ipchains/iptables entries
> then the ISP must be the reason.   IMHO, practices like ICMP blocking are
> counter productive and rarely implemented outside of ISPs that don't
> understand traffic engineering and proper network design.
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Courtney
>>Thomas
>>Sent: Sunday, 06 July, 2003 15:30
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: Re: [ale] ping won't pong.........
>>
>>
>>Thank you Jim.
>>
>>No, I cannot ping an IP address, except for the default indicate by
>>netstat -rn. I also cannot ping the IPS DNS servers or other web
>>servers. I can however ping the other boxes on the LAN.
>>
>>When I ping, say......www.apple.com.... it's IP address is immediately
>>found and the modem lights blink in normal rhythmic fashion, but no
>>onscreen pong sequence occurs, as formerly.
>>
>>I should add that I've recently changed ISPs.
>>
>>Appreciatively,
>>Courtney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can you ping an IP address ('ping 12.0.1.28')?  If so, then you
>>>
>>don't have
>>
>>>DNS configured correctly (check your /etc/resolv.conf file).
>>>
>>If not, check
>>
>>>your routing config ('netstat -rn') for a default route.
>>>
>>>-Jim P.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Courtney
>>>>Thomas
>>>>Sent: Sunday, 06 July, 2003 13:54
>>>>To: ale at ale.org
>>>>Subject: [ale] ping won't pong.........
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Even though I can surf the web and when I attempt to ping, e.g.
>>>>www.apple.com....the dot quad address appears on screen, the repetitive
>>>>scrolling pong response does NOT appear on screen, though I can see the
>>>>modem lights blinking.
>>>>
>>>>What's wrong ?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
>>>>--
>>>>Courtney Thomas
>>>>S/V Mutiny
>>>>Lying Oriental, NC
>>>>
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>>Lying Oriental, NC
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Courtney Thomas
S/V Mutiny
Lying Oriental, NC

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