On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 15:14 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > I had some troubles loading a web page, so I > decided to try looking for connectivity. > I did this: > > $ nslookup www.worldwideschool.org > Server: 151.164.11.201 > Address: 151.164.11.201#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > Name: www.worldwideschool.org > Address: 207.195.133.148 > > $ ping 207.195.133.148 > PING 207.195.133.148 (207.195.133.148) 56(84) bytes of data. > From 209.120.242.6 icmp_seq=0 Packet filtered > From 209.120.242.6 icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered > From 209.120.242.6 icmp_seq=2 Packet filtered > From 209.120.242.6 icmp_seq=3 Packet filtered > > What does "Packet filtered" mean? > > Using "man ping" gave no results on this, and "info ping" > shows the same thing as "man". ---- Just a wild guess is that a router between you and the target is preventing the icmp packets from progressing and thus, you are neither getting a ping back nor a reject back from the target. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
