Packets arrive, but ping does not notice it [SOLVED]

olemiswebs · Last edited by olemiswebs on Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:18 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi everybody,

I am experiencing problems with my Wireless interface. Yesterday everything worked fine, but today it does not work.

The problem is that, although my laptop connects perfectly to the Access Point, and it receives the IP,DNS, Gateway and so on through DHCP, when I try to make a ping, I receive no answer. I thought it could be a problem with the connection to the AP, but it is not, because, executing in another console the program iptraf, I see how I am receiving responses to my ping requests.

What can be happening?

Thanks in advance
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kiksen · Guru Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 401 Location: Denmark

Are you running any kind of firewalling perhaps?

Crisis · l33t Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Portland, OR

Are you trying to ping a dns name or an ip? Is it possible you are just unable to resolve DNS?

What exactly are you trying to ping? If an outside site isn't pinging, what about the router, can you ping that?

olemiswebs · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject: It was the firewall

It was a firewall problem, I hadn't noticed it. :oops:

Thank you very much for your answers.
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Crisis · l33t Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 613 Location: Portland, OR

Please add [SOLVED] to the topic if your issuue is resolved.

olemiswebs · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:19 pm Post subject: