[ale] OT: dumb question

[Boris Borisov]

Turns out the switch port was pass-through to the wrong VLAN.

Likely for me I've got the proper guy on the phone today.

On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 18:44 Jeff Lightner via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Often ping is disabled on gateways to prevent DoS attacks.   If you need to
> ping it for monitoring purposes you might be able to get the admin to
> whitelist the IP from which you're attempting the ping.
>
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> From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Derek Atkins via Ale
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2024 2:58 PM
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> Cc: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: dumb question
>
> Yeah, some gateways do not respond to a ping.
> Do you get an IP Address?  A Route?
> Try ping (or better yet, mtr) to 8.8.8.8
>
> -derek
>
> On Fri, November 15, 2024 2:38 pm, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
> > I never dealt with network switches so there.
> >
> > I have a device set on small network segment connected to a switch
> > that I don't have control to.
> >
> > I cannot ping the gateway on that segment.
> >
> > Is there any reason/possibility gateway to not respond on ping?
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