Seems like these IPs not responding to ping is not unusual, as per https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/11syv2e/google_dns_8888_dropping_pings_like_crazy_today/
"Google has stated multiple times before as has Level3/CenturyLink/Lumen that 4.2.2.1 and 8.8.8.8 should not be used for ping checks and they will drop packets when under load or if they notice too much activity from a single IP" -- Dan On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM Mel Beckman <[email protected]> wrote: > Still not pinging from Frontier, Lumen, AT&T, or Verizon networks > > > -mel > > On Jan 12, 2025, at 4:13 PM, Jerry Cloe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > O:\>ping 4.2.2.1 > > Pinging 4.2.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: > Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=56 > Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=56 > Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=56 > Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=56 > > Ping statistics for 4.2.2.1: > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 44ms, Average = 38ms > > Same for 4.2.2.2 > > > > > -----Original message----- > *From:* Mel Beckman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sun 01-12-2025 06:07 pm > *Subject:* Level3 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 not responding to pings, DNS > queries work > *To:* [email protected]; > I noticed that Level3 open DNS 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 stopped responding to > ping today. They are responding to DNS queries however. > > Does anyone know if this filtering is going to be permanent? > > -mel beckman > >
