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Subject: Re: FreeBSD eats 169.254.x.x addressed packets
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> > One final comment - I still don't understand why FreeBSD "won't" 
> > respond to pings
> > when it has an address like 169.254.1.1. I can ssh to the unit but 
> > it won't
> > respond to pings. I tried setting up a linux box with an address 
> > like
> > 169.254.1.2 and it "would" respond to pings.
> 
> Linux is not really any measuring stick in standard compliance...

If 169.254.0.0/16 addresses are supposed to be link local then I'd
definitely expect a reply to a ping from another box on the same
LAN, sourced from another 169.254.0.0/16 address.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no