cant ping fw

[Brent Clark <bclark@eccotours.dyndns.org>]

Hi list

I soo close to pulling my hair out on this

I have a webserver with the following ruleset (default policy of drop)

$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j LOG --log-prefix 
"INVALID input: " --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -d 217.199.186.255 -j DROP
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 20 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
#$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -N SSH_Brute_Force
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --name 
SSH --set --rsource -j SSH_Brute_Force
$IPT -A SSH_Brute_Force -s 196.36.10.114 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A SSH_Brute_Force -m recent ! --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 3 
--name SSH --rsource -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A SSH_Brute_Force -j LOG --log-prefix "SSH Brute Force Attempt:  "
$IPT -A SSH_Brute_Force -p tcp -j DROP

$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 10000 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 113 -j REJECT --reject-with 
icmp-host-unreachable
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 135,137,139 -j DROP
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type source-quench -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type parameter-problem -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j 
ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceeded -j ACCEPT
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
#$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type ! echo-request -j LOG
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "[INPUT  DROP]: " 
--log-tcp-options --log-ip-options
$IPT -t filter -A INPUT -j DROP

and for the likes on my I cant work out why I cant ping the machine
even localhost, does not return anything

Kind Regards
Brent Clark