Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 02:00:52 +0100 From: Martin Kaeske <Martin.Kaeske@II.Stud.TU-Ilmenau.DE> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: machine can not see its own broadcast messages Message-ID: <20011210020052.A5093@walnut.hh59.local> In-Reply-To: <20011209225823.GA15339@gforce.johnson.home>; from glennpj@charter.net on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 04:58:23PM -0600 References: <20011208204520.GA738@gforce.johnson.home> <20011209225823.GA15339@gforce.johnson.home>
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 04:58:23PM -0600, Glenn Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 02:45:20PM -0600, glenn wrote: > > uname -a: > > > FreeBSD gforce.johnson.home 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #4: Sat Dec 8 14:04:15 CST 2001 root@gforce.johnson.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GFORCE i386 > > > > I started rwhod and I have the rmonitor port installed. I ran tcpdump > > and can see the broadcasts but the system is not listening to them > > (apparently). In the case of rwhod, no /var/rwho/whod file is being > > created. > > > > Here is the output of tcpdump -n -i xl0: [tcpdump output SNIPed] Hello, As far as I know, FreeBSD doesn't answer broadcasts by default. Maybe you want to set "sysctl -w net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho=1". Actually a Linux machine is the only one answering broadcasts in my LAN (FreeBSD and OpenBSD are quiet) ;). Martin -- The instructions said to use Windows 98 or better, so I installed FreeBSD. -- Jim Levie in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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