[Discuss] puzzle

[gaf.linux at gmail.com (Jerry Feldman)]

On all systems 127.0.0.1 is localhost and is restricted to the local system
it's on. 192.168 is your local network. It might be possible that you have
ICMP blocked on alphacent

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, 12:53 PM dan moylan <jdm at moylan.us> wrote:

>
> i have three laptops running on my local t-mobile network,
> all running fc37.
>
> /etc/hosts is identical for all three, except for 127.0.0.1
> which is host specific:
>
>   127.0.0.1        localhost localhost.localdomain
>   127.0.0.1        aldeberan aldeberan.localdomain
>   192.168.12.148   alphacent alphacent.localdomain
>   192.168.12.171   aldeberan aldeberan.localdomain
>   192.168.12.221   rigel     rigel.localdomain
>   192.168.12.117   HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE
> HP_DeskJet_2700_series_0A85DE.localdomain
>   50.87.218.82     bluedan
>
> the t-mobile app sees all three (and the printer).
> aldeberan and rigel can ping everything, except alphacent.
> alphacent can ping 192.168.12.148, bluedan, mit.edu, but nothing
> else on the net (destination host unreachable).
>
> i seem adept at ridiculous problems.  any thoughts?
>
> tia,
> ole dan
>
> j. daniel moylan
> 84 harvard ave
> brookline, ma 02446-6202
> 617-777-0207 (cel)
> jdm at moylan.us
> www.moylan.us
> [BLM]
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.blu.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>