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Re: Can't ping



On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 02:38:33PM +0200, Helge Stenstr?m (KI/EAB) wrote:
> I can't ping either. I have Debian Sid, and made a system upgrade in late July. Is the cause the same?
> 
> pinging other machines on the same subnet works.
> 
> The route command takes very long time (40 seconds), but gives the expected result. (disclaimer: I don't understand this stuff, but I can compare with machines that work)

Sounds like it's having toruble reaching a nameserver to translate IP 
numbers into names.

> The route -n command is quick, and gives the expected result.

And it doesn't need a nameserver.



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