Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 14:24:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Phantom IP address" Message-ID: <199703070354.OAA17906@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <331F84EC.446B9B3D@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> from Jim Durham at "Mar 6, 97 10:01:00 pm"
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Jim Durham stands accused of saying: > > The IP address of the router are 206.210.70.1, the portmaster is > 206.210.70.2. My FreeBSD boxes are .4 and .5, the Dos/Windows box is .6 > . > > The netmask I was using was fffffff8 on this box (.5). > > I wanted to add my new laptop as .7 . I tried pinging .7 > to see if anything was there. I got a reply! Looking at the ping ... > Does this qualify as "wierd" ? No, you were pinging the broadcast address. Everyone (that agrees that it's the broadcast address) will respond to it. > Jim Durham -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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