On 1/22/06, Linux Rocks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http_proxy=username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80 > > > > is it because my proxy is blocking icmp packets.. is > > there someway i can > > verify that?? > > > > That might be the case; your proxy is blocking icmp > packets. If you are the proxy admin there are ways to > find out. What are you running?
Since when did proxies start "proxy-ing" ICMP requests? The only way you can ping external hosts is if your gateway NATs you to the outside world. Vivek -- Registered Linux User #374218 Minister of Offense, Preserver of the Way of the Great Llama, Ambassador to India for the Republic of Loungevania -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

