verne.freenode.net Packet filtered and IPv6

[C de-Avillez]

On Sun, 27 May 2012 10:23:36 -0500
Nathan Handler <nhandler at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Also, keep in mind that ping is probably not the best
> method to check the host, as they are sometimes filtered.

In fact, ping traffic (and pretty much all ICMP packets) is
usually blocked by ingress (and, some times, egress) firewalls.

Instead of ping, use tcptraceroute [1] to check reachability.

..C..

[1]
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/en/man1/tcptraceroute.1.html
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