Date:  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:26:54 -0500
From:  Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet <cobaltfacts (at mark) virtbiz.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:15381] Re: Ethernet issues
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Richard C. Barker Sr. wrote:
> This is really odd, I have a server that I can access via SSH, FTP and 
> the web servers answer.
> Yet that server can not ping the gateway or the firewall. I have checked 
> all the blocked routes and hosts.deny
> and the deny host and see nothing that would stop it from ping the 
> gateway or firewall.
> 
> The gateway and the IP configuration are correct, have checked and moved 
> the cables and all are fine.
> 
> Has anyone got any ideas or thoughts?

Maybe ICMP is rejected at your firewall/gw.   Are you able to ping 
external IPs?

hosts.deny would not apply to ICMP.

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