Cannot PING Default Gateway

[DotNetNewbie]

Hi,

I'm reviewing the current setup of a network that I now have to manage and i've come across a strange anomoly.

Every server has the Default Gateway set to an IP address that it cannot PING. On inspection the IP address is of the Checkpoint Server.

Does anyone know if this is right or wrong? (not sure if this is a network issue or Checkpoint)

I'm concerned that if the servers cannot ping the default gateway this may in part be the reason they are having nextwork issues.

Thanks in advance

D.

 

[Pixxer26]

Yes it is correct that the servers have the checkpoint firewall as the default gateway of what ever interface it is sitting behind. Cause I assume that the firewall is doing static translation and are protected by the checkpoint firewall.

Check the firewall policy to see if you allow your servers to do ICMP to the firewall interface. More than likly your policy blocks icmp requests to the firewall. Open up the log viewer and sort your source ip to your server your making the requests from. You should be able to see the traffic getting dropped or accepted.

Enjoy....

 

[DotNetNewbie]

Pixxer26,

I'd been looking at this last night and you are correct, ICMP requests are disabled by default, im going to simply create a new rule using existing server groups to allow ICMP requests, that should then resolve the problem.

Many thanks for your comments

D.

 

[Pixxer26]

No Problem.

Pixxer26