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Why does pinging a local router return "Destination Host Unreachable"?

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Mar 15, 202612117 views
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Problem

I have two tomato routers. One is bridged wirelessly with the other. I have a new server on the network. It's running Ubuntu Server 11.04. They are all connected like this: A, C & D do not experience any issues. I have an active SSH session to B from A and it's not experiencing any loss. B, the new…

Error Output

A - Linux PC
B - New Server
C - Mac Mini
D - Macbook
T1 - Tomato 1
T2 - Tomato 2

They are connected like so:

A -----+-T1  ==== wireless bridge ====…

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Fix for: Why does pinging a local router return "Destination Host Unreachable"?

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“Destination Host Unreachable” on the same network segment indicates that resolving the IP address to a MAC address using ARP has failed. Because wireless links assume that there is only one device at the client end, bridges (Repeaters too, btw) can…

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