Can't ping

[subnet]

I am untrained in UNIX but have been given a machine setup with Digital Unix on which to configure a Firewall. I know that the UNIX installation follwed step by step directions. However I can not ping the box from anywhere on our network and vice versa. (If I ping it locally it will give me back the proper response.) Any thoughts on where to look for further information? (Our UNIX guy is gone for 2 weeks and I want this up.) I've found an rc.config and hosts file. Are there others invovled?

 

[robherc]

just sounds to me like you need to open a hole in the firewall to allow pings through; or am I missing the point? <p>-Robherc<br><a href=mailto:robherc@netzero.net>robherc@netzero.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>*nix installation & program collector/reseller. Contact me if you think you've got one that I don't

 

[darkstar]

It would be very foolhardy to have a non-Unix literate person configure and implement a Unix based firewall. I recommend that you perform the following exercise:<br>
locate the ON/OFF switch for the DEC.<br>
Push it repeatedly until the DEC is OFF.<br>
Wait for the UNIX guy to return.

 

[ST]

What have you already installed? All? Or only the basics? Is the firewall set up?<br>
<br>
Depending on that there are several possibilities:<br>
e.g.<br>
- the nic driver<br>
- ip-adress, netmask<br>
- routing, default gateway<br>
- firewall rules<br>
- masquerading<br>
<br>
As darkstar has said, it's not that easy to set up a firewall on a UNIX machine for a untrained person.

 

[MikeLacey]

I have to agree with darkstar - no offense<br>
-ml<br>
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http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[mckarl]

Unix is like marmite. <br>
You either love it or dispize it. <br>
know it or know nothing of it.<br>
ETC.<br>
<br>
<br>
Mr UNIX will probably cry if he finds out you killed his best friend, and never forgive you!<br>
<br>
- karl <p> <br><a href=mailto:mc_karl@yahoo.com>mc_karl@yahoo.com</a><br><a href=karls-stuff.co.uk>my stuff ) WINProducts & stuff</a><br>- Karl<br>
<br>
- <b> the </b> damn good lookin' one

 

[bigscouse]

I must join in the chorus. <br>
If you do not know what you are doing you may be without the machine for more than two weeks.<br>
<p>Ged Jones<br><a href=mailto:gedejones@hotmail.com>gedejones@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>