[Gllug] can't ping.

[Russell Mackenzie]

Just a thought... do you have ipchains or iptables installed?


----- Original Message -----
From: "will" <will at hellacool.co.uk>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: [Gllug] can't ping.


>
> Hope someone can help,
>
> I have just set up my modem in SuSE Linux (I was surprised at how easy it
> was).  I can do stuff like use HTTP using the web browsers provided, but
> doing a ping or traceroute does not work for some reason.  Is there any
> particular reason for this?  I guess I have to specify the interface to
ping
> using? I also have a network card in the machine that isn't used at the
> moment I guess that might make a difference.
>
> >From memory (the Linux box is at home) the error message was unknown host
or
> something similar.
>
> Will.
>
>
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