Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:44:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Marius Kirschner <marius@agoron.com> Cc: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Host unable to ping/access its own IPs Message-ID: <20010817114220.S37120-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKGPPOLDBPJPLMKDIMEFCGHAA.marius@agoron.com>
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Marius Kirschner wrote: > I have the same problem with a FreeBSD box. I can access/ping the IP/domain > from anywhere but the box that is hosting it. I've been pulling my hair for > over a week now trying to figure out what's going on. Strangely it only > affects one IP while all others are working just fine. > Try setting the netmask for the problem address to 0xffffffff since it's not the primary one on the interface. -ac -- =================================================================== Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. =================================================================== > > > > Hello questions, > > I've there got a REALLY strange problem with one of my servers: > > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet XXX.YY.62.126 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 195.49.62.127 > > inet6 fe80::200:e8ff:feec:aaa8%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > inet XXX.YY.33.19 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 195.49.33.127 > > inet XXX.YY.62.125 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 195.49.62.127 > > inet XXX.YY.33.29 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 195.49.33.127 > > ether 00:00:e8:ec:aa:a8 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > faith0: flags=8000<MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > > gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > > gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > > gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 > > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > > > > > > Now from localhost, I can ping .126 and .19 but not .125 or .29: > > > > root@gamma 18:20:40 ~/scripts # ping XXX.YY.62.126 > > PING 1XXX.YY.62.126 (XXX.YY.62.126): 56 data bytes > > 64 bytes from XXX.YY.62.126: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms > > 64 bytes from XXX.YY.62.126: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms > > > > root@gamma 18:23:01 ~/scripts # ping XXX.YY.33.29 > > PING XXX.YY.62.125 (XXX.YY.33.29): 56 data bytes > > ping: sendto: Host is down > > ping: sendto: Host is down > > > > (the same goes for the other two IPs). > > > > Now a host on the same switch is able to ping all FOUR IPs: > > root@alpha 18:25:01 ~ $ ping XXX.YY.33.29 > > PING XXX.YY.33.29 (XXX.YY.33.29): 56 data bytes > > 64 bytes from XXX.YY.33.29: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.358 ms > > 64 bytes from XXX.YY.33.29: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.178 ms > > 64 bytes from XXX.YY.33.29: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.171 ms > > > > > > This machine is running on FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE > > #13: > > Tue Jul 10 21:59:49 CEST 2001 root@gamma:/mnt/a/obj/usr/src/sys/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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