Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:56:53 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Malartre <malartre@videotron.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I cannot ping myself (DHCP+Cable Modem) Message-ID: <370334D4.C2D5BF85@prime.net.ua> References: <199903310202.VAA01525@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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"Crist J. Clark" wrote:
> Malartre wrote,
>
> > $ ifconfig -a
> > ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> > inet 216.113.2.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 216.113.2.255
> > ether 00:e0:29:13:56:8c
>
> > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
> > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>
> Looks good.
>
> > $ ping 216.113.2.4
> > PING 216.113.2.4 (216.113.2.4): 56 data bytes
> > ^C
> > --- 216.113.2.4 ping statistics ---
> > 9 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
>
> My first thought is, "F*ckin' weird!" But that is not too
> helpful. What are the results of trying,
>
> $ traceroute 216.113.2.4
>
In this case traceroute is bad assistant since it use ICMP
ECHO/REDIRECT too.
IMHO output of netstat -rn would give more usefull result
>
> And if that is not elucidating,
>
> # ping 216.113.2.4 > /dev/null &
> # tcpdump
>
> Does the 127.0.0.1 loopback work?
> --
> Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
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