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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:12:53 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Slyce <slyce@onramp.net>
Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: Cannot ping myself after dialup...
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On Thursday,  3 September 1998 at 18:37:15 -0500, Slyce wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Thursday,  3 September 1998 at 17:39:14 -0500, Slyce wrote:
>>> Why am I unable to PING myself(my IP) after login to my ISP via Kernel
>>> PPP???
>>
>> I don't know!!!  Why don't you tell us what you've done???  What we
>> need here are the output of the following commands:
>>
>>   # netstat -rn
>>   # ifconfig -a
>
> Output from netstat -rn:
>
> Routing tables
>
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif
> Expire
> default                199.1.129.85        UGSc        2       11
> ppp0
>
> 127.0.0.1             127.0.0.1               UH          0        0
> lo0
> 199.1.129.85       206.50.202.238     UH          3        0      ppp0
>
> Output from ifconfig -a:
>
> ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 206.50.202.238 --> 199.1.129.85 netmask 0xffffff00
> ppp1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ppp2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ppp3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ppp4: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000

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That looks fine.  Are you trying to ping 206.50.202.238?  That would
go down the line and back again, and depending on your ISP may not
work.  Ping 127.0.0.1 instead.

Greg
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