Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever

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Subject: Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever
From: Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:37:25 +0530
Message-id: <[🔎] 20100404223725.0a95697c@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:00:52 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> I can now host 8.8.8.8 and get google-public-dns-a.google.com
> I can dig google-public-dns-a.google.com and get 
> google-public-dns-a.google.com. 86283 IN A      8.8.8.8
> 
> But when I ping 8.8.8.8 I get no response even though I can resolve
> domains.
> 
> firewall is off.

There must be a firewall somewhere down the line as google's public DNS
on 8.8.8.8 is a pingable IP (At least, I can ping it from here).

Can you ping any external address at all ?
google.com for example.

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