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Re: Pinging your own IP
From:
Tony Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:51:28 -0700
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It depends on how the firewall is set up.  You can set up Norton to 
either allow or deny the ping.
Also, if you have a hardware firewall (ie: a router), you can usually 
set it to allow or deny pings from the outside world.

Tony Mayer


Dean K. Kukral wrote:
> Should you be able to ping your own IP address if you have a firewall?
>
> I use Norton's Firewall, and I cannot ping my own address.  It seems like that is the way it should be.
>
> Dean Kukral
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