By hinzir
I created droplet with Ubuntu 14.04. I can’t ping external hosts from my console. Command “ping google.com” returns text “unknown host google.com” Also can’t connect from external computer through ssh. It seems like my droplet is closed fro external connects. Please, advise what to do.
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If you do not have anything on the server, just delete it and start again.
Please open a support ticket if you do have stuff on it. They should be able to sort it for you.
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