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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / February 2006Ping does not Work
Hello - I'm getting emails and browsing using Avant, but if I open up a DOS window and to ping www.ibm.com, I get Timeout messages. I'm not sure this is the problem, but I have a firewall, Tiny Personal Firewall, but I do not know what setting is causing ping to not work. Or if that is the problem. What should I look for? Are there any other places to look? Thanks, Tony What happens if you type that address into your browser? Does it work then?  SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > Hello - I'm getting emails and browsing using Avant, but if I open up a > DOS [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know what setting is causing ping to not work. Or if that is the problem. > What should I look for? Are there any other places to look? Yes, that works. > What happens if you type that address into your browser? Does it work then? > > Hello - I'm getting emails and browsing using Avant, but if I open up a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > know what setting is causing ping to not work. Or if that is the problem. > > What should I look for? Are there any other places to look? What site does it take you to? SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > Yes, that works. Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com. But ping does not work to any site. > What site does it take you to? > > Yes, that works. When I enter that address (or click on the link in your message) I get taken to http://www.ibm.com/us/. That is the address you should be attempting to ping. You can confirm this by doing IPCONFIG /all to find the IP address of your DNS server, and trying to ping that. SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in > the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com. > > But ping does not work to any site. Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site (and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a system. SignatureRichard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > Sorry, I do not understand your question. When I enter in www.ibm.com in > the addr field of my browser it takes me to ibm.com. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> What site does it take you to? >> > Yes, that works. >Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site >(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be >used to discover sites and servers or can be maliciously modified to crash a >system. Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) still responds to ping commands. I use it quite often when checking out Internet access problems. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada SignatureMicrosoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." So they do! Great tip to keep in mind. SignatureRichard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >>Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site >>(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message, Request Timed Out. Is there something in either my networking settings or my firewall settings that might be preventing Ping from working? > >Ping will not work with most Web sites. Just about every major web site > >(and most of the smaller ones as well) block pings since they can either be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada >I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message, >Request Timed Out. > >Is there something in either my networking settings or my firewall settings >that might be preventing Ping from working? Here is what I just got in response to the same command" Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [66.94.230.46] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.94.230.46: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=56 Ping statistics for 66.94.230.46: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 52ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 52ms Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada SignatureMicrosoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." Yes, I agree that is what you should get, but I do not. How can I fix this? Is there a debug guide somewhere to help me sort out where the problem is, network settings, firewall, or ?? > >I just tried PING www.yahoo.com in a DOS window and I get the same message, > >Request Timed Out. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada I found the problem. I had the ICMP messages turned off in my firewall. Once I enabled them, ping works as expected. Thanks anyway. > Yes, I agree that is what you should get, but I do not. How can I fix this? > Is there a debug guide somewhere to help me sort out where the problem is, [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada |
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