From: "Geo." 

He's not going to be able to ping 4.2.2.2 from WS1 because he's going thru a proxy.

Geo. (usually you can't ping thru a proxy)

"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:412336e0.4105583{at}216.144.1.254...
> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> news::
> > WS1 can also ping WS3 (tried that before) and 4.2.2.2 'request timed out'
>
> You should check that WS3 can ping 4.2.2.2 (sometimes it won't respond,
> but it usually does). Another site that usually responds is cisco.com.
>
> Pretty strange situation. You haven't sounded really convincing, but
> you have implied that you have never had fireweall software installed on
> WS1. So I would suspect WS3.
>
> What happens if you change the IP of WS1? I would just change it to
> something on your network that you have never used. Then ping IP of WS3,
> then ping 4.2.2.2 (assuming that WS3 can ping 4.2.2.2).
>
> If above did not work, I would swap the IPs on WS1 and WS2. You might need
> to temporarily disconnect one from the network first. This is all just
> poking around trying to gather evidence.
>
> John
>

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