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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:11998 comp.unix.bsd:14473 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:30723 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!troll.apana.org.au!rivendell.apana.org.au!phil From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD SLIP (can telnet/cannot ping) Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Date: 2 Aug 1994 00:37:56 GMT Organization: Rivendell - APANA Brisbane. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <31k4h4$kv4@rivendell.apana.org.au> References: <1994Aug1.055730.4188@atlas.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rivendell.apana.org.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. -- Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au