[olug] VNC w/Qwest
Obi-Wan
obiwan at jedi.com
Mon Oct 15 19:52:56 UTC 2007
>> I'm not even able to ping his IP.
>
> Then quite frankly, a network is misconfigured.
> You should always be able to ping a used IP address.
Alas, that's not true. Pings are just another type of network packet,
and are quite commonly blocked by firewalls. I often run into situations
where a company allows HTTP in, but not ICMP. Makes debugging a PITA.
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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth obiwan at jedi.com
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
promise that You will pull me through. -- Rich Mullins
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