Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:11:09 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Routing to internet addresses ending with 255 Message-ID: <482DC02D.20704@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20080516161553.N20005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <482D54B3.3060306@otenet.gr> <200805161314.22978.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <20080516125422.Q19201@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <482D6937.10906@otenet.gr> <20080516131443.W19365@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <482D6F86.7050909@otenet.gr> <482D7D5F.8040604@otenet.gr> <20080516161553.N20005@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Checking with the internal log of the router confirmed the suspicions >> of people answering my question: The adsl router is responsible for >> the problem with the 255 address. It seems it cuts out these >> addresses as some kind of "attack". No changes in configuration >> (firewall, protection and so on) on the router itself disables it. It >> seems I will have to live with it ;) Oh well... > > software designed "heard" somewhere that .0 and .255 addresses are not > end nodes, and software simply drops all packet like that. > > please tell what router is it, to warn others. > > my bet is TP-LINK. > Actually, it is a Sagem...
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