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- From: shani@GENIUS.TAU.AC.IL (Oren Shani)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: ping works, but ftp/telnet get "no route to host"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.052940.28221@aristo.tau.ac.il>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 05:29:40 GMT
- References: <BrruC8.FEo@spock.dis.cccd.edu>
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Organization: Tel Aviv University Faculty of Engineering, ISRAEL
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- In article <BrruC8.FEo@spock.dis.cccd.edu> markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby) writes:
- >Why would I be able to ping a site OK, but when I try to ftp or telnet to it
- >I receive a "no route to host" error? Traceroute can find the host, and it
- >is apparently on Alternet, if that makes a difference.
- >
- >Any info would be most helpful to this tcp/ip novice. Thanks.
- >
- >--
- Looks like there are traffic filters somewhere along the route. Some, more
- advanced, routers and bridges, are able to filter traffic, and for instance,
- allow ping or finger and disable ftp or telnet to certain targets.
-
- This probably should be in the FAQ list (?)
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- __ __ Oren Shani (shani@genius.tau.ac.il)
- / / / Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv university
- / / -- Israel
- /__/ . __/ . "Hold your temper" -- The caterpillar to Alice
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