[spirit_SLASH]

hey there everyone,i'm havin a problem with the ping command, if anyonw can help me plz?
so when i try to ping my localhost , i get o% lost, but when i try to ping my default gateway or any other site, i get "request timed out" and the % lost is 100%
why does this happen
and how can it be fixed?
thanks alot
~~SpiriT_SLASH~~

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i'm gonna assume that your default gateway is your router? can you connect to the internet or is that why you're pinging?

[dsenette]

i'm gonna assume that your default gateway is your router? can you connect to the internet or is that why you're pinging?

[spirit_SLASH]

yes, i can connect to the computer
i posted this since i have bearshare and it is not connecting ..in the troubleshouter they said to ping www.bearshare.com and that if i get request timed out,then i'm havin a problem but didn't say how to fis it :S
so that's why i'm postin (thanks for ur fast reply btw )

[dsenette]

well....you router may be blocking icmp requests out to the internet...other than that...see bellow

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