Ping works fine from command line in SSH session...
[root@zenoss ~]# ping 192.168.1.10
PING 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=0.467 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=0.489 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=0.470 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=0.456 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=5 ttl=254 time=0.471 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=6 ttl=254 time=0.468 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=7 ttl=254 time=0.457 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.10 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6462ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.456/0.468/0.489/0.019 ms
[root@zenoss ~]#