héhé we are getting ambiance around ! :-) just want to react on the ping issue ... ping is not a proof ! :-) it's not because a ping is not responding that a machine is off, specially DNS server ... i am not sure but as far as i remember you can refuse to answer ping queries ???
same thing with the reverse ... you might get an answer but you server is down ... some other equipment (like a router for instance ...) can answer your ping queries and yet the server is off ... 2008/2/6, Mike Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The DNS server on ip.cfi.co.ug is not responding to ping requests. > > > > and rightfully so i would agree. Constantly pinging this server is not > something i would want someone doing. Imagine if someone left pings running > all days long to your web servers!! >
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