[plug] iptables questions

[Daniel Pittman]

Fred Janon <fjanon at yahoo.com> writes:

> I am trying to understand how iptables work.

[...]

> After some research, I did this to try to enable PINGs. The server IP is
> 10.161.82.237

[...]

> The tracert or ping still time out.

...er, and just to check: you *are* doing your testing from the same local
network as the server, not trying to reach it over the Internet, right?

I ask, because the 10/8 range is a "private use" allocation, and isn't going
to be routed by your ISP or anything.

        Daniel
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