Is it blocked by firewall ?

Volcano · 12-05-2017, 05:29 AM

when I type this command in ubuntu 14
$ping archive.ubuntu.com

I get this ....
ping archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.152) 56(84) bytes of data.
and then it stucks there forever

what do we conclude from this ?

Can we say that its connected to internet ( since IP is resolved ) but firewall is blocking the ping ?

if not what can we conclude with this response ?

TenTenths · 12-05-2017, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volcano

when I type this command in ubuntu 14
$ping archive.ubuntu.com

I get this ....
ping archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.152) 56(84) bytes of data.
and then it stucks there forever

what do we conclude from this ?

That you can't ping that IP address.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volcano

Can we say that its connected to internet ( since IP is resolved ) but firewall is blocking the ping ?

There could be an entry in /etc/hosts, or your system could be using an internal resolver on your local network, so the fact that it's "resolving" doesn't mean that the system has internet connectivity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volcano

if not what can we conclude with this response ?

We can conclude that you've not provided enough information to aid troubleshooting.

Volcano · 12-05-2017, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenTenths

That you can't ping that IP address.

There could be an entry in /etc/hosts,

There is no entry with respect to this.

/etc/hosts attached

Volcano · 12-05-2017, 06:41 AM

Quote:

your system could be using an internal resolver on your local network

How to check this ?

Volcano · 12-05-2017, 06:47 AM

Summary:

I'm running a VMPlayer with ubuntu 14 server VM. ( Bridge Network ) under Host windows 10

Host windows 10 has internet connectivity.

However when I do $sudo apt-get update in ubuntu VM it does not update

It shows following messages in the console (attached)

my concern is I'm not able to understand whether the issue is with internet connectivity or firewall blocking

keefaz · 12-05-2017, 12:15 PM

Start by checking the OS network config, what is the distribution?

!!! · 12-05-2017, 12:32 PM

Try traceroute. Confirm you can ping 8.8.8.8 ok (or not).

My troubleshooting concept is to collect more 'data points'
(I/detectives call it clues/evidence), rather than stop at
"fw may be guilty, [simply] because ping found dead".

I'd try these web-research search keywords:
ping traceroute firewall troubleshooting tutorial

AwesomeMachine · 12-05-2017, 11:08 PM

Make sure the VM network is configured to bridged or nat. Try this command

Code:

$ ip addr

and check if the network adapter has an ip address.

Volcano · 12-06-2017, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

Make sure the VM network is configured to bridged or nat

.

Bridge

Quote:

and check if the network adapter has an ip address.

Yes. It has IP address.

What we can conclude from this ?

AwesomeMachine · 12-06-2017, 08:14 AM

Try to ping the router or wap the host machine is connected to. What is the IP address BTW? You can also try

Code:

$ /sbin/iptables -L | grep ping

to check if ping is blocked in the firewall. The host might also be blocking the guest.

ondoho · 12-06-2017, 12:22 PM

try some other pings, both names and numerical IPs.
show us what they did.

fwiw, you have one entry in /etc/hosts that looks a little weird to me, and has the word ubuntu in it.
but i am not an expert.

michaelk · 12-06-2017, 03:15 PM

Ubuntu installs dnsmasq as a DNS cache by default which is why you see the 127.0.1.1 in the hosts file. I would assume that the hostname is ubuntu. This could be the reason for it to resolve the IP address but hang on the output.

Did networking work at one time? If so do you remember if you made any changes or maybe an update caused your problems?

Volcano · 12-07-2017, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

You can also try

Code:

$ /sbin/iptables -L | grep ping

to check if ping is blocked in the firewall. The host might also be blocking the guest.

It gives

iptables v1.4.21: invalid rule number 'ping'
try iptables -h or iptables --help for more information

Quote:

What is the IP address BTW

$ifconfig

shows inet addr = 10.10.232.166

Volcano · 12-07-2017, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

Ubuntu installs dnsmasq as a DNS cache by default which is why you see the 127.0.1.1 in the hosts file. I would assume that the hostname is ubuntu. This could be the reason for it to resolve the IP address but hang on the output.

Did networking work at one time? If so do you remember if you made any changes or maybe an update caused your problems?

Its just freshly installed from ubuntu 14 AMD 64 bit ISO. No changes done

!!! · 12-07-2017, 03:35 AM

traceroute 8.8.8.8

>"iptables v1.4.21: invalid rule number 'ping'"
I think you forgot the pipe, in the: ... | grep ping

Also, if you want to take the time,
it would be interesting to see whether same problem occurs
if using VirtualBox.org

@Other LQ'ers: fyi: the AttachedThumbnail in #5 shows ipv6 addresses
(which I don't think I've seen before, like this) but Idk ipv6 ...