I tried pinging on an lpar which has outside access - we can get to all internet and ftp sites from it and still got timed out on ping. They have ICMP blocked on the firewalls- the problem finally got routed to the correct security group (WINTEL) and hopefully they can be convinced to fix it.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Cool Things You Can Do in z/OS > > I cannot ping the PC IP address and WSA gives back RC=60, so > I am assuming that it is the firewall > (network people told me that it was ICMP in particular). Not ICMP, per se. That is why you cannot ping (which uses ICMP). Likely the firewall does not allow the z/OS system to connect outward to any other IP addresses, with perhaps some whitelisted addresses for some servers (such as ftp servers). Which would indicate that it most likely is on its own VLAN. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
