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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
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Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD SLIP (can telnet/cannot ping)
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Date: 2 Aug 1994 00:37:56 GMT
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brantk (brantk@adcmail.atlas.com) wrote:

: I'm working on adding my small network to the Internet.  Connection is
: made via a 14.4Kbps dialup SLIP connection.  I can telnet out, ftp,
: you name it.  I just can't ping hosts outside of my own local network.
: Strange, considering I can reach them via telnet.

Perhaps the other end of your SLIP link has been set to
throw away ICMP packets  (ala FreeBSD slattach's -n option).
Try a traceroute, see what it does.  If it fails at your SLIP
site,  and you _really_ need to be able to ping the outside
world, go ask your service provider if they'd mind enabling
ICMP packets down the link.

Cheers,

Phil.
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Phil Homewood                           phil@rivendell.apana.org.au
APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator    brisbane@apana.org.au