https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333761#M16997 hi Larry ,there is no security in the switches right now..here the setup is in MDF 2 cores and in the edge side IDF[total 7 idfs]- 3 switches are there,between 3 switches 10 gig solution is given and from 2 edge switches 2 gig solution is given to both the cores,while i am trying to telnet through teraterm from core to edge switches and from one edge switch to other,sometimes i cant able to access,requesttimed out is there..plz reply thanks Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:36:04 GMT Shamim Kamarudeen 2009-01-11T05:36:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333759#M16995 hi..the problem i am facing is i can able to ping edge switches(3500) from core switch(5400)[through teraterm] without any requesttimedout but while i am pinging edge switch from my laptop which is connected to the core is showing 5-10 requestimedout after i get almost 15-20 replys.i have checkd the configuration,everything is working fine.expecting a reply soon..thanks Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:23:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333759#M16995 Shamim Kamarudeen 2009-01-08T06:23:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333760#M16996 If i correctly understand, you get a failure only when the PING goes THROUGH the core switch? This may be down to the security on the switch filtering excessive ICMP type 8 echo requests as they can be used for targeting hacks as well as by "nice" people just testing connectivity. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:31:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333760#M16996 Greybeard 2009-01-08T16:31:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333761#M16997 hi Larry ,there is no security in the switches right now..here the setup is in MDF 2 cores and in the edge side IDF[total 7 idfs]- 3 switches are there,between 3 switches 10 gig solution is given and from 2 edge switches 2 gig solution is given to both the cores,while i am trying to telnet through teraterm from core to edge switches and from one edge switch to other,sometimes i cant able to access,requesttimed out is there..plz reply thanks Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:36:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/pinging-issue/m-p/4333761#M16997 Shamim Kamarudeen 2009-01-11T05:36:04Z