Re: [networking] Computer can't see the outside world any more
Never mind, we've got a phone call saying the firewall auto-blocked
us, and we're now trying to work out why.
Thanks for the suggestion, anyway
On 8/10/05, Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 11:19 +0100, Gareth Adams wrote:
> ...
> > Now the strange thing is that, from logging into the server, I can
> > ping any local address except for the DHCP server and the default
> > gateway.
>
> > I can't ping any global addresses, but this is obviously a
> > symptom of not being able to reach the gateway. Another machine
> > plugged into the same hub as the web server has no problem reaching
> > any address, local or global.
> ...
> > Where do people think I should start looking? No one here has any idea.
>
> How about setting it up with a static IP address and see if it works
> like that? (The DHCP server can be configured to avoid that address.)
>
> You could also try running tcpdump on another machine to see if packets
> from the web-server appear on the network.
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