Re: net prob

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 06:56:03PM +0000, Fisayo Adeleke wrote:
> But when I try to ping host ..  it's fail. What's a problem with my
> router?

Try traceroute:

   traceroute -n 192.168.159.x  [if it's a Unix host]
   tracert -d 192.168.159.x     [if it's Windows]

(The -n/-d flag turns off DNS resolution which usually just confuses things)

If you don't even see a first hop, it probably means the host does not have
a defaultroute.

B.

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