eth issue: dhcp works, ping dchp server fails

[Jeroen Tiebout]

gw-dhcp (same us robotics router) accepts and returns pings.
(Windoze command line ping works) 

Cheers, Jeroen

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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of jludwig
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 5:58 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: eth issue: dhcp works, ping dchp server fails
> 
> Many servers, gateways, etc block pings to help protect 
> against Dos attacks. They also commonly drop packets with a 
> TTL of 1 which is typically why traceroute will return *** on a trace.
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> jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>
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