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gnome-nettool package

Ping works in terminal, not in Network Tools

Asked by Peter B

When I ping in the terminal I get normal responses.
64 bytes from ey-in-f147.1e100.net (74.125.79.147): icmp_req=4 ttl=55 time=13.0 ms
^C
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 13.018/14.211/15.470/0.880 ms
When I ping in Network Tools, Ping Tab: Packets Transmitted: 5, Packets Received: 0.
Reinstalled Network Tools. (V2.31.6) without improvement
Ubuntu 10.10. Wired LAN.
Any ideas?

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Best Gary M (garym) said : 		#1

The answer is simple: your computer and google.com are behaving correctly -- it's gnome-nettool (the Network Tools program) that is broken, in a number of ways. You can find the current bug list for Ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool .

The good news is that the program is not complex. The bad news is that that's because it makes too many assumptions. More bad news is that the bugs are low priority, because using the command-line for pings and traces is only slightly harder and gives better output anyway. Fixes are under development, but at a slow pace, and may not be accepted into Ubuntu until a later release.

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Peter B (pnbrans) said : 		#2

Thanks Gary M, that solved my question.