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Can't ping localhost [solved]


dtwconsulting
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Hi there,

 

I recently installed Mandriva LE 2005 and set the security level to Higher, and that's the way that I would like to keep it.

 

Anyway, I noticed that I cannot ping localhost. All packets are dropped :(

 

Now, I don't want my machine to be pingable from outside my LAN but I do want it to be pingable from within the LAN and certainly from the box itself.

 

So, how can I remedy this? I'm not a Linux guru so I have no idea how to go about this. My router has a firewall and I only let certain ports through, such as 80, etc. I do _not_ have iptables nor shorewall running so I'm confused as to why I can't ping myself.

 

TIA.

 

Dave.

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