Can telnet port 80 but cannot ping!

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

Are you running a telnetd?
Do you have ICMP messages blocked via some firewall?

-derek

Ali Taalebi <taalebi at ai.mit.edu> writes:

> I am running RedHat Linux 7.2 on a Compaq DeskPro.
> I can successfully:
> 	telnet <My-Host> 80
> 
> However, if I try:
> 	telnet <My-Host>
> it responds:
> 	"telnet: Unable to connect to ...."
> 
> I have also tried: 
> 	ping <My-Host>
> but it says:
> 	"no answer from h00045adc236a.ne.mediaone.net"
> 
> Any idea what steps I should take to make these services available 
> on my server? I should mention that I chose the telnet and other
> modules during my installation of of my Linux.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> >>Ali
> 
> 
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