ping questions

[Colin Law]

On 22 December 2015 at 08:49, robert <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
> On 22.12.2015 09:42, Crispin Wellington wrote:
>
> You pinging the live IP?
>
> yes
>
>
> Maybe your ISP or your modem blocks ICMP ECHO?
>
> but why does ping work when I am logged in "behind" the modem?
> it is still the same IP.

If the ISP blocks it then you would get no response from outside, but
inside the network it would go to the modem first, which would
recognise its external ip (I think) and respond directly.  Run a
traceroute from inside to check this out.

Colin