According to me:
 - ping should return "Host is down" when you try to ping a host on your
LAN and the host does not respond;

 - ping does not return any message if the host is on Internet and it does
not respond;

 - ping should return "sendto: No route to host" if the route table is not
setup correctly (i.e. a route to the ip or default route is missed);

What version of netbsd are you using? and Do you have enable a firewall on
the host or on the gateway? please verify.


Kind regards,
Roberto

> On Saturday 19 March 2005 22:12, Roberto wrote:
>
>> What does exactly means "can reach" and "cannot reach"?
>
> Sorry, I wasn't so clear :) I meant I cannot view them with any browser
> nor
> ping them.
>
>> Seems to me that your resolver is working: it resolve the name into IP
>> correctly; and seems to me www.sgi.com doesn't respond to echo request
>> (but actually I do not remember if the response "Host is down" is
>> appropriate: I'll investigate);
>
> In fact, it is so strange... Thank you!
>
> david
>


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