Hi try to do this on inline with your existing firestarter firewalla
iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT I suspected that your firestarter doesnot include icmp traffic with itself Thanks On Nov 14, 2007 4:12 PM, Daniel Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to use 'nmap' on your pc to see which port is open and you could > configure your firewall with firestarter(previously configuring using gui > messed up manually configured config files) that is if you haven't made or > you're not the one who configured your iptables and this is a personal pc. > Make sure you check your ip config, using ifconfig on linux. > > On Nov 12, 2007 3:50 PM, sirc saira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear brods, > > I have problems configuring my ssh and ping on my > > Mandriva Linux box with ip ad 192.168.1.87 > > > > a) ssh: connect to host linuxee port 22: Connection > > refused > > > > b) cannot ping localhost, 127.0.0.1 nor its > > hostname linuxee. But can ping other stations. > > > > However I can connect my Java applications using > > postgresql at port 5032 and http://192.168.1.87 from > > other computers. > > > > my config files on /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > Host * > > ForwardX11 yes > > ForwardX11Trusted yes > > Port 22 > > Protocol 2,1 > > StrictHostKeyChecking no > > > > By the way,may I know to restart firewall and ssh > > using the shell? > > > > Thanks. > > > > cris arias > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > -- > Destiny waits for No one. Silence.... silence... my faithful friend! > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

