Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who knows how to ping :( On Wednesday 21 April 2004 8:21 am, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 17:05, Ian MacGregor wrote: > > I tried to telnet myself in a konsole session and got a reply telling me > > "connection refused". I tried to ping myself and got "6 packets > > transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4999ms" > > > > It seems that my box would be invisible to anyone trying to ping me and > > unavailable to anyone trying to telnet me. > > Is this sufficient? Or, must I learn how to deal with iptables? > > I'd have a look at the IPaddress your machine has when connected to the > net, send that to a good friend and see if (s)he can ping you. That > would be a better test imho. > If you are hesitant about IPtables, there are helpful scripts, like > EasyTables, QuickTables etc, that do a great job in helping you set up a > good firewall. > > Paul
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