On 4/21/06, Pieterjan Heyse <pieterjan dot heyse at scheppers dash wetteren dot be> wrote:
>
> but, when I ping 84.199.0.131 I get timeouts, this can make sense,
> because I map the external 131 IP to 2 internal servers.
>

Because when using server NAT, you can only translate TCP and/or UDP. 
The other IP protocols (ICMP, GRE, ...) cannot be used in that type of
a setup.

If you use 1:1 NAT, you can ping.  Or, if you explain why you need
ping, maybe someone can offer an alternative (TCP or UDP ping comes to
mind).

-Chris