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ping and tracert question

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by dtlam76

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I can currently access the internet and browse on my home network however when I try to ping or tracert I get a timeout response.

Could this be that my firewall or the firewall of the destination address is denying a reply?

And if so how do I check this?

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by triathlete1981

If this is your home network, you're probably uses one of those cheap Linksys or Netgears and they usually allow echoes into the network.

Check the router anyway. As long as you can access the Internet with your browser, there's no connection problem. And is the ping/tracert come back timeout for every address?

Pinging (ICMP) does not have a particular port assigned to it. You would have to enable echo replies on the router.

by dtlam76

Your right on the dime. I do have one of those cheap linksys routers. WRT54g to be exact.

I will have to look at my router settings when I get home and see if that is an option to enable that.

thanks for your help guys.

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