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Date:      Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:41:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problem using 3 x znyx314 cards for 12 de ethernets
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809121340240.19785-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m0zHVnc-00080gC@mailbox.reptiles.org>

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On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Jim Mercer wrote:

> 
> i have a machine that has been running quite nicely with two znyx314 cards
> in it.
> 
> recently, i added a third card, giving de8, de9, de10, de11.
> 
> using 2.2.7-RELEASE, everything looks fine, no errors from the kernel or
> the ifconfigs in /etc/rc...
> 
> once the machine is up, i send a ping the the broadcast address of one of the
> new ports, and the only response is from the interface itself.

Broadcast pings are ignored by default in 2.2.7 -- it's a common DoS
attack to flood ping the broadcast address.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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