Art,

Again showing my ignorance but why would ping be
blocked? I'm assuming that it is very innocuous. Have
the hackers (I prefer another name but won't use it
here) managed to attach their dirty deeds to ping now?

--- Art Bahrs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Tracy & John ;)
>     One other major assumption when using Ping to
> test connectivity... That
> "Ping" is allowed thru all routers, switches and/or
> firewalls between the
> source and target machines....
> 
>     Lots of places do not allow ICMP (IIRC this is
> correct protocol) packet
> traffic for various reasons... Tracert will show
> path a bit better but will
> show if the packet stops getting "returned"
> 
> Art "just a "bitten by" factoid from a
> self-proclaimed technogeek" Bahrs
> 
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John Bawden
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