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general failure while pinging

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while pinging yahoo.com , am getting general failure but the computer is going online , also able to open the yahoo screen. network setup : cable modem(not nated) - router(firewall disabled) - pc

Name: paulsep
Date: May 29, 2009 at 19:00:41 Pacific

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Are you able to ping other web servers in the internet and getting replies? Btw: A ping reply is a CAN not a MUST. So if a server is under high utilization, it can be accessed but will not reply to pings. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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i tried pinging different websites - sill getting the same message " general failure". but able to access those sites

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Name: paulsep
Date: May 30, 2009 at 04:29:00 Pacific

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The often happens, when you are behind a proxy server, to access the internet. Please send a reply, if you solved the problem !!!

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Issue is resolved. actually the problem caused by the firewall on the computer.

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