From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jul 11 00:15:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA22288 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (veda.is [193.4.230.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA22275 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ubiq.veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by veda.is (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA19474 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:14:56 GMT From: Adam David Received: (from adam@localhost) by ubiq.veda.is (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA10263 for freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:14:54 GMT Message-Id: <199707110714.HAA10263@ubiq.veda.is> Subject: PING src addr all ones? To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 07:14:53 +0000 (GMT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is this a bug or some weird feature? When I ping a host on a remote network from a multihomed host with a ppp link at the primary IP being the static interface route to that network, the source address of the ping becomes 255.255.255.255 (!!WEIRD!!) instead of the primary IP. In this case the pings are never answered which is normal under the circumstances, since it doesn't make sense to respond to a broadcast source address. So how come the host thinks its primary IP is 255.255.255.255 ??? If I send out a ping to that as a destination address from hosts on any of the connected interfaces, this host responds with the actual primary IP address but all else is quiet. This is on 2.2.2 Release BTW, with ipfw. -- Adam David