Patrick <patrickfwd@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm on SuSE 8.2. I have a working dialup connection to the internet
> using wvdial. WWW, telnet, traceroute, and I'm sure lots of other
> things all work fine. But ping keeps returning the standard "Dest
> Unreachable, Bad Code: 9."

I helped someone with this problem just a few days ago.

"Bad Code: 9" is a deprecated code meaning "Communication with
Distination Network Administratively Prohibited" (or words to that
effect)

Basically, the Network Admin at the ISP has prohibited the use of ping,
full stop.

If you really want something ping-like, try using something that can
send a UDP "ping", its not ping at all, you just an ICMP message back
saying "Destination Port Unreachable" (_if_ it's unreachable, and the
peer isn't just dropping such packets).

Welcome to the antisocial aspects of firewall management.

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