<div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr">Turns out the switch port was pass-through to the wrong VLAN.</p><p dir="ltr">Likely for me I've got the proper guy on the phone today.</p></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 18:44 Jeff Lightner via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Often ping is disabled on gateways to prevent DoS attacks. If you need to<br>
ping it for monitoring purposes you might be able to get the admin to<br>
whitelist the IP from which you're attempting the ping.<br>
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Subject: Re: [ale] OT: dumb question<br>
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Yeah, some gateways do not respond to a ping.<br>
Do you get an IP Address? A Route?<br>
Try ping (or better yet, mtr) to 8.8.8.8<br>
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-derek<br>
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On Fri, November 15, 2024 2:38 pm, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:<br>
> I never dealt with network switches so there.<br>
><br>
> I have a device set on small network segment connected to a switch <br>
> that I don't have control to.<br>
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> I cannot ping the gateway on that segment.<br>
><br>
> Is there any reason/possibility gateway to not respond on ping?<br>
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