Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:43:23 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Matthias Meyser <matthias@xenet.de> Cc: "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why can't I ping my own IP Aliases? Message-ID: <19990929114323.L55586@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <19990929102802.A28471@server.intern>; from Matthias Meyser on Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:28:02AM %2B0200 References: <MOBBIPGJKBNNPGLGMFHFOEOJDFAA.don@whtech.com> <19990929102802.A28471@server.intern>
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On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:28:02AM +0200, Matthias Meyser wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 06:31:19PM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > I've configured a few IP aliases on my 3.3 machine, and they show up under > > ifconfig -a... but when I try to ping them from the machine they're defined > > on I can't... nor can I telnet or ftp to them. I can ping/telnet/ftp to them > > from outside the machine, so I know the traffic is getting routed > > correctly... what gives? > Specify a netmask of 255.255.255.255 when adding the aliases if you > didn`t already. > Only if these addresses are in the same net/subnet! -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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