Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:19:27 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'James A Wilde' <james.wilde@telia.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ping Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105DC4@site2s1>
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Well, what exactly is the error that you receive when pinging (either way)? Off the top of my head, given what you said, there is probably an ipfw rule that is blocking some icmp packets. Take a look at /etc/rc.conf to see what firewall type is being used. Also check in /etc/rc.firewall for that given firewall type. If the machine is not being used for firewalling at all you could just go into /etc/rc.conf and set firewall_type="open" Alternatively, check the permissions on /sbin/ping, although I doubt that is the issue. Hope this helps -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: James A Wilde [SMTP:james.wilde@telia.com] > Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 5:21 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Ping > > Thanks for all the help I have received either directly or indrectly by > reading > others' questions and the answers. Here's one which has me puzzled. > > How do I turn off ping? One of my two FBSD machines, the one running > 2.2.5 can ping other machines but can not be pinged itself nor can I ping > across it. It was originally used as a firewall and I guess ping was > turned off > for that reason. > > If I can learn how one turns off ping, I can presumably reverse the > process > and turn it on again now that the machine in question is no longer being > used > as a firewall. > > Thanks in advance. > > mvh/regards > > James Wilde > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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