It may be ping reply is desabled in your Linux host. Try to do FTP or SSH to connect to the linux box.Do make sure FTP and SSHD service is running in ur linux host. PK On 2/17/06, Lawi <lawrence.oduor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have set up a two LAN's a remote LAN connected the the local LAN > using a cisco router. The problem is i cannot ping the linux hosts on > the local LAN from the remote one. But can ping windows hosts on those > LAN's. > > what should i do to the Linux boxes to allow them to respond to ping > from remote hosts? > > regards, > > lawi > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Regards, Prosenjit Kundu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html