[NBLUG/talk] I think I broke my ping!

[Dave Sisley]

I'm trying to set up IP masquerading as per the HOW-TOs Kyle suggested 
(excellent doc, by the way), and setting it up requires the use of ping for 
testing.

I noticed awhile ago (i.e. before I played with the firewall) that I couldn't 
ping outside addresses like sonic.net or yahoo.com.  I'm able to get out onto 
the net with my browser or ssh or ftp, so it's not a connection problem.  
Also, I am able to self-ping (ping the machine's network IP address) and ping 
the network IP address of the other machine.

I just can't ping outside my home network.  Anybody know why?

-dave.