Re: ping gateway ok, ping any other local network address fails

[Mart van de Wege <mart@vdwege.eu>]

rudu <rudu@cegetel.net> writes:
>
> To configure the printer, I first have to be able to ping it on the
> local network, which every over computer can do.

So all other peers on the LAN can get to the printer.

> And they can print all right, so this desktop must have some network
> misconfiguration of some sort, I guess ...
> It seems like trapped into a tunnel toward the gateway/router to get
> out, but can't shake hands with a pal next door.

If your netmask on both sides of the connection is OK, then the problem
is at the Ethernet level. Your previous output showed a /24 on the
desktop. Can you verify that all the other peers are also in
192.168.1.0/24?

If so, next step should be trying to plug the misbehaving desktop into a
different switch port, assuming 1. you have one free, 2. you can get
someone to do that for you, as you have no physical access yourself (did
I understand that correctly?), and 3. this is a dumb switch that just
forwards between all ports, so any port is fine.

Mart

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