# Unable to Ping from ansible machine remote machine

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-from-ansible-machine-remote-machine/25986>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [November 10, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-from-ansible-machine-remote-machine/25986 "2017-11-10T07:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yogesh\_Ramachandran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9adbd/32.png) [@Yogesh\_Ramachandran](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yogesh_Ramachandran)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unable-to-ping-from-ansible-machine-remote-machine/25986/1 "2017-11-10T07:19:43Z")

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##### We installed ansible using PIP in ubuntu 16.04#####

##### ANSIBLE VERSION 2.3.2, I have got to know that if ansible installed using pip configuration folder and file will not be created defaultly in /etc/ansible/hosts. Now i need to know how to create that configuration and host and Ping the remote machines,

Please help.

```auto
> UNREACHABLE! => {
    "changed": false,
    "msg": "Failed to connect to the host via ssh: OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014\r\ndebug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config\r\ndebug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *\r\ndebug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master\r\ndebug1: Control socket \"/root/.ansible/cp/8625c99978\" does not exist\r\ndebug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0\r\ndebug1: Connecting to xx.xx.xx.xx [xx.xx.xx.xx] port 22.\r\ndebug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK\r\ndebug1: connect to address xx.xx.xx.xx port 22: Connection timed out\r\nssh: connect to host xx.xx.xx.xx port 22: Connection timed out\r\n",
    "unreachable": true

```