From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 17 9:58: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gamma.root-servers.ch (gamma.root-servers.ch [195.49.62.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF08637B406 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:58:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch) Received: (qmail 1737 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2001 16:58:02 -0000 Received: from dclient217-162-128-224.hispeed.ch (HELO athlon550) (217.162.128.224) by 0 with SMTP; 17 Aug 2001 16:58:02 -0000 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:00:48 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53bis) Educational Organization: BUZ Internet Services X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <186158270210.20010817190048@buz.ch> To: Alex Charalabidis Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Host unable to ping/access its own IPs In-Reply-To: <20010817114220.S37120-100000@earth.wnm.net> References: <20010817114220.S37120-100000@earth.wnm.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hello Alex, Friday, August 17, 2001, 6:44:37 PM, you wrote: >> I have the same problem with a FreeBSD box. I can access/ping the >> IP/domain from anywhere but the box that is hosting it. I've been >> pulling my hair for over a week now trying to figure out what's >> going on. Strangely it only affects one IP while all others are >> working just fine. > Try setting the netmask for the problem address to 0xffffffff since > it's not the primary one on the interface. While it appears to be solving the problem, I wouldn't consider it a real solution cause the TCP/IP stack break if one uses the CORRECT netmask on it. But thanks a lot anyway, this is going to save me some trouble for at least the short term. Any TCP/IP wizards around here that could comment? Best regards, Gabriel  -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQEVAwUBO30/s8Za2WpymlDxAQFIQggAtTMjV5nxi6xdXU58z3tQBO8eMOpyZop2 dygUXSK+YFkPL5Y2I39Mua4uzmccGwfhwylZPtX0FCLNc/8YMsJb+sq2Ink8QiBD HY8ast45cv17MSITMGnCwbA146kAeeE3C54L0bKoukOHbSvN3L7xsxDQiKPmu8TL CBlGQjnYaci4PeB26njG1E89KC0YmPWvlMvuRKSS1TT/YBUtHG8ePY074nX8SOY8 H3BtsbqzPnJlFcp4hnI0jqoiMZYb+8cPoBls1xCTU1CKli0aEDOVugOh4TohK0vL CgvJvlz4PDPI9MvyrWpovlNOraYvqh1K7rQEyEl6C/uUJXe8xFO3+A== =+1Vj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message