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Subject: Re: anyone know what 'ping: sendto: Can't assign requested" means
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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