I have two machines on a home network:
cyrus - wireless
saturn - wired
On cyrus : ping saturn and host saturn both fail saying saturn can't
be
found. However, ssh saturn works.
On saturn: ping cyrus works but host cyrus fails.
ssh cyrus, works
I don't use iptables. Any explanations for this behavior?
Errors are like:
** server can't find saturn: NXDOMAIN
I suspect that some things use the local /etc/host bu others do not.
Have you checked the configuration on the wireless access point or
router? My Linksys router has a firewall built into it. I have not
modified its settings and it blocks inbound ICMP.
dlg
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