Re: Ping my modem........
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 06:07, Dan Serban shared this with us all:
>--} Charlie wrote:
>--} > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man page for
> it:- --} >
>--} > When I ping my modem:
>--} >
>--} > what command/option/s should I use?
>--} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to ping:-
>--} >
>--} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
>--} >
>--} > TIA,
>--} > Charlie
>--}
>--} Can you please post your exact ping command here? Make sure ICMP echo
>--} is allowed and that you can confirm that your modem actually has an IP.
>--} As another test, try pinging google, or debian.org.
This has been solved, Thank you.
Jeff had twigged that I didn't have "echo" enabled in my firewall, and that
was the fix.
You were obviously on the same track.
Be well,
Charlie
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