Can telnet port 80 but cannot ping!

[tlyons at digitalvoodoo.org (Tim Lyons)]

I have to ask this.... Why telnet????
Install/Use SSH.  

What does a 'netstat -alpn' show?  Are the ports bound?
If you setup "High" security for the RH firewall - it will block ICMP.

Check your /etc/sysconfig/ipchains file.

--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org] On Behalf Of
Ali Taalebi
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:02
To: discuss at blu.org
Subject: Can telnet port 80 but cannot ping!





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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