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Date:      Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:36:39 -0500
From:      Anton Yuzhaninov <citrin+bsd@citrin.ru>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: anyone know what 'ping: sendto: Can't assign requested" means
Message-ID:  <dba28bfa-63b6-cfb6-3785-287b1f0d9b3e@citrin.ru>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1612061326441.53759@bucksport.safeport.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1612061326441.53759@bucksport.safeport.com>

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On 12/06/16 13:33, DTD wrote:
>
> So the question comes down to under what conditions does ping give the
> 'sendto:
> Can't assign requested address' error. I have not been able to get that to
> happen outside of a jailed environment.

Outside jails this error happens when you ping address from 127.0.0.0/8 
(but not 127.0.0.1)

:~> ping 127.0.0.2
PING 127.0.0.2 (127.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address




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