On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 03:26:14PM -0500, Stephane Bakhos wrote: > >> At the moment, even pings to IP numbers don't get through. But the mail > >> still seems to arrive. Maybe it leaks through in stray moments when > >> things work for a minute or two. I don't know. But I'll know something > >> sometimes works if I actually see this email showing up on the MLUG > >> mailing list. > > > > And it did. It appeared in my inbox immediately. Suspiciously fast, as > > if it was CC's to myself. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't. > > > > Can't ping, can email. > > Check your firewall/iptables in case it blocks icmp.
Unlikely, since I haven't changed its configuration at all since two days ago, when everything worked. icmp wouldn't be used by the DNS protocols, would it? I went to a local coffee shop and downloaded the Debian packages I need to install my own caching DNS server on my AMD-64. Now to transfer them to the right machine and install. Let's see if this helps any. -- hendrik > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
