Hey y'all, I got the weirdest problem I've ever encountered basically whats happening is i can't ping my Slackware box, but my Slackware box can ping anything it wants ,it can even surf the net it even sends and receives e-mails. I can't seem to ping it, access the web site on it or the ftp, e-mail works fine though anybody else get this problem let me know what you did to fix this apart from reloading the operating system.

thks

j-l

Here are some solutions that I would try myself.

If you are pinging the server's domain name, try ping the ip address instead.

Or, if the problem is a misconfigured fire wall,
iptables -A INPUT -t filter -s 323.323.323.323 -j ACCEPT
replace the false ip with your ip address, this will accept all connections to that ip.

iptables -A INPUT -t filter -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
This will allow port 80 http connections, replace port 80 with any port you want to access.

I don't know if the problem lies with your firewall. But if all else fails, iptables -F will reset your fire wall completely.

Best of luck!

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i have been trying to ping just the ip address i still get nothing i'll try that firewall stuff and hope it works