On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:53:19 -0600 Jack <jackofdiamond...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Right. As suggested, I manually added my router to the ARP table. > Pinging the gateway now results with: > > PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > --- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics --- > 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3009ms > > So perhaps the host in not unreachable now, but is simply not sending a reply? Possible. Devices with a standard TCP/IP stack generally respond to pings, IIUC, unless they have some sort of firewall / packet filtering (like iptables on linux) configured to drop such requests. Try connecting to the router on open ports (80, or any other you know to be open on the machine)? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org