From: Stephen Liu (satimisyahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2006 - 05:07:44 CST

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Hi mouss,

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> > I have been trying couple days and can't solve the problem.
> >
> > $ sudo ping -c 3 satimis.homelinux.com
> > Password:
> >
>
> ahuh? ubuntu, while attempting to bring ease of use, has finally
> brought
> obscurity. Since mouss (not me) has "invented" ping, it was always
> possible to do
> $ ping ....
> with no sudo.

I tried it. Same situation, ping failed.

B.R.
Stephen

>
> > PING satimis.homelinux.com (58.152.161.53) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >
> > --- satimis.homelinux.com ping statistics ---
> > 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2000ms
> > * end *
> >
> >
> > Ping also failed.
> >
>
> If you can't ping it, it doesn't exist. blocking ping makes it next
> to
> impossible to debug network problems and unless your OS is broken,
> doesn't bring much security.
> > I'm uncertain whether port 25 is blocked by ISP?
> >
> >
> > However following seems proving the contrary;
> >
> > $ sudo telnet mail.netvigator.com 25
> > Trying 218.102.48.214...
> > Connected to mail.netvigator.com.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 wmail02dat.netvigator.com ESMTP server (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02
> > 201-2131-111 -104-20040324) ready Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:56:43 +0800
> > 421 wmail02dat.netvigator.com Lost connection to [219.79.144.238]
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > * end *
> >
> > netvigator.com is ISP. The 220 means connected and they responded
> and
> > are waiting for input?
> >
>
> broken gateway-ing (218.* has problems talking to 219.*).
>

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