What does netstat -r give ?
did you define a router for your linux,
what about the netmask ? ifconfig eth0
Regards
"Carl Hilton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> OK, I have a LINUX box that is connected to my network and the outside
> via a large switched router. Now, this box can PING everything inside
> my network. However it can NOT ping anything outside my network... My
> switch has the capability to monitor packets on all ports. Turning on
> this feature for the port that the LINUX box is connected to, shows
> packets ECHO (from the LINUX IP to the remote IP) and ECHO-R (from the
> remote IP to the LINUX IP) for all my ping tests, both those that work
> and those that do not. The only difference is that the LINUX box only
> "sees" those that come from inside my network. Is there other packets
> (UDP or ARP) that are required and might be filtered by my router if
> they come from outside my network?
>
> If I am on another workstation (Microsoft OS) that is connected to the
> the router through a different port, I have no problems pinging the
> ip's that are not working for the LINUX box. And both the LINUX box
> and other workstation are on the SAME SUBNET..
>
>
> Carl
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