On all systems 127.0.0.1 is localhost and is restricted to the local system it's on. 192.168 is your local network. It might be possible that you have ICMP blocked on alphacent
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 12:53 PM dan moylan <[email protected]> wrote: > > i have three laptops running on my local t-mobile network, > all running fc37. > > /etc/hosts is identical for all three, except for 127.0.0.1 > which is host specific: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain > 127.0.0.1 aldeberan aldeberan.localdomain > 192.168.12.148 alphacent alphacent.localdomain > 192.168.12.171 aldeberan aldeberan.localdomain > 192.168.12.221 rigel rigel.localdomain > 192.168.12.117 HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE > HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE.localdomain > 50.87.218.82 bluedan > > the t-mobile app sees all three (and the printer). > aldeberan and rigel can ping everything, except alphacent. > alphacent can ping 192.168.12.148, bluedan, mit.edu, but nothing > else on the net (destination host unreachable). > > i seem adept at ridiculous problems. any thoughts? > > tia, > ole dan > > j. daniel moylan > 84 harvard ave > brookline, ma 02446-6202 > 617-777-0207 (cel) > [email protected] > www.moylan.us > [BLM] > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
