From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 12 15:44:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA05524 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:44:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA05499 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:43:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 11939 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Jan 1999 23:43:18 +0000 (GMT) To: asmodai@wxs.nl Cc: mph@pobox.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpdump and localhost In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:37:36 +0100 (CET)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:43:18 +0100 Message-ID: <11937.916184598@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > OK, and if I ping the IP address associated with the NIC then it gets put > on the wire right? If you ping the IP address associated with the NIC from *the host itself*, it won't be put on the wire. You have to ping it from another host. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message