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Ping is a mechanism to see if a remote host is reachable via an IP network

Ping is used to send an ICMP packet to a remote host. The ICMP type sent is an echo request, and the type the remote host will send back is an echo reply. Some firewalls or hosts may block ICMP, so ping should not be the only tool used for troubleshooting.

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Ping to pppoe server fails, while reverse is working

I have created a Linux PPPoE server on CentOS release 5.4 (Final) x86_64 machine (Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP). I have also established the PPPoE connection successfully. However, ping to server from client using ppp interface fails, while server…
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Maximum MTU size

Thought one of the issues I'm experiencing with the following question is due to MTU rightfully so. ESXi 5 VM Putty session hangs, vSphere client timing out However, when I tried testing the maximum MTU size it seems there's just no limit. Thought…
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ping incorrectly pinging 127.0.0.1

I've got an odd DNS issue. I'm running a dual ipv4/ipv6 environment on Gentoo Linux. Pinging some sites results in ping pinging 127.0.0.1. e.g. #> ping authserver.mojang.com PING authserver.mojang.com (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from…
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Hosted Network Latency

Background I have a new hosted, dedicated database server behind a dedicated firewall (Cisco ASA 5505 Sec+). The plan is to have a virtual (aka "cloud") web server or two on the other side of the firewall connecting back to the backend DB…
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Unexplained 0.1% packets time out when pinging from router

I'm troubleshooting a customer who requires the ability to send 5000 pings from the router to their remote site over a satellite link with zero timeouts, yet they keep experiencing one to five packets lost per test. Under ordinary circumstances, I'd…
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Unable to ping computers via DNS domain name

I have two desktop computers and recently set up a third computer, a Windows Server 2012 box, for which I installed DNS on it and set it up as a domain controller. I was able to successfully set up each computer to be part of the new domain. There…
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Server responds to pings but no SSH or HTTP access

I do not know what has caused this but my websites have been down for 2+ days now and I cannot connect via SSH or FTP either. The only way to get signs of life from my server is to reboot it via the members area of my provider, this sorts everything…
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nslookup fails but ping succeeds for nonexistent domains

I have two different FreeBSD servers (different hosting companies), both exhibit this same behavior: They pick a specific IP address (216.239.120.238) for every domain that does NOT exist. nslookup fails as it should.... $ nslookup…
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openvpn (tun0 + bridge) : Comunication bridge --> tun0 works but not the opposite direction

My network is composed as follows: Host A with ip 9.x.x.x and vpn ip 192.15.206.x (openvpn client) Host B with ip 9.x.x.x and vpn ip 192.15.206.1 (openvpn server) this host has a bridge br0 with ip 192.168.206.1 Host C with ip…
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IPv6: ping6 from foreign host works, but cannot ping6 on same host [ubuntu 12.04]

I have a strange issue with ipv6 on Ubuntu 12.04. There are two hosts, directly connected to the internet. Both have assigned a /64 network. They are properly configured with a /128 endpoint each and one can ping6 the other and vice versa. My plan…
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arp packet received larger than packet sent, why?

I'm trying to debug a networking issue. During this process, I've noticed that when I try to do an arping, the received arp packets are larger than sent arp packets, as outputted by tcpdump. (Note that both ends have a br100 bridge to the eth1…
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Server can be pinged from one server but not from other?

I have set up a Linux server in DMZ. There is another Windows server running in DMZ. These two servers can be pinged via internet using my home PC. However, the another Linux server rented from a hosting service provider can only ping to the…
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Website is live but ping times out

I have a client's website that is running on GoDaddy hosting and started behaving very strange recently. The site is up and running but when I try to ping it I get time out. The problem is PayPal doesn't work also Google Webmaster reported the site…
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Server's network capabilities are going into some sort of sleep mode?

I'm having trouble with a server (Windows Server 2008 R2) on my network. It is going down for short periods at a time, but not very often. The interesting thing: If I ping the server from my computer (we'll call this client-x) using the -t switch, I…
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Can't ping some IP addresses in the same subnet (LAN) Windows 2011 Server

Hi I’m running in Windows Small Server 2011 server standard (192.168.1.108), it’s my dhcp and dns server too, but suddenly all other users can’t get internet. My gateway is 192.168.1.1. After a lots of tested I can saw that my server can’t get into…
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