Re: [tlug] Ping vs www server

["Nguyen Vu Hung" <vuhung16plus+shape@example.com>]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Brian Chandler <brian@example.com> wrote:
> Not really linux, but...
>
> I can't access the web server at www.tenyo.co.jp but I can ping it, and get lists of those "64 bytes from..." message things. So what does this mean? What does ping actually tell me?
>
> Oh, if I try wget, I get "80... failed: Connection refused." Hmm, wozzat?

You can ping it: You can send and receive ICMP packets from that server.
You can not access its web server: Web server is down.

I always use nmap (sorry!) to test connectivity.

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