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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:30:27 -0500
From:      Malartre <malartre@videotron.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   I cannot ping myself (DHCP+Cable Modem)
Message-ID:  <37015083.8E28027E@videotron.ca>

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Please Cc me.
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$ ifconfig -a
ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 216.113.2.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 216.113.2.255
        ether 00:e0:29:13:56:8c 
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 

$ ping 216.113.2.4
PING 216.113.2.4 (216.113.2.4): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 216.113.2.4 ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

$ ping 216.113.2.255
PING 216.113.2.255 (216.113.2.255): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 216.113.2.255 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

$ ping www.ibm.com
PING www.ibm.com (204.146.18.33): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 204.146.18.33: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=156.417 ms
64 bytes from 204.146.18.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=154.319 ms
^C
--- www.ibm.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 154.319/155.368/156.417/1.049 ms
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$ uname -a
FreeBSD malartre.qc.ca 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE...
$ ls /var/db/pkg | grep isc        
isc-dhcp-2.b1.18

Here is the question: why can I ping www.ibm.com but not myself? I'm
running cable modem with Videotron (DHCP), the firewall is "open".
Thank You
-- 
[Malartre][malartre@videotron.ca]


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