Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:45:59 -0400 From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD eats 169.254.x.x addressed packets Message-ID: <4C0E81D7.8020209@earthlink.net>
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Hi,
Why does FreeBSD 6.3 eat 169.254.x.x addressed packet when
4.9 didn't?
***** 6.3 *****
$ sudo ipfstat -nio
empty list for ipfilter(out)
empty list for ipfilter(in)
Z2984:~
$ ifconfig rl0
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=8<VLAN_MTU>
inet 192.168.129.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.129.255
inet 169.254.1.1 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:30:18:ae:7c:77
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
Z2984:~
$ ping 169.254.1.1
PING 169.254.1.1 (169.254.1.1): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 169.254.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
Z2984:~
$ uname -a
FreeBSD Z2984.netwolves.com 6.3-RELEASE-p15 FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p15 #17: Fri Apr
16 12:51:57 EST 2010
**** 4.9 *****
FreeBSD H101494.com 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #59: Thu Mar 30 13:42:10 EST
2006 root@A1234.com:/mnt2/src/sys/compile/ i386
H101494# ipf -Fa
H101494# ipfstat -nio
empty list for ipfilter(out)
empty list for ipfilter(in)
H101494# ifconfig rl0
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.254.151.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.254.151.255
inet 10.255.3.30 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.255.3.30
inet 10.255.4.30 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 10.255.4.30
inet 169.254.202.1 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:30:18:a3:49:b5
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
H101494# ping 169.254.202.1
PING 169.254.202.1 (169.254.202.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 169.254.202.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
64 bytes from 169.254.202.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms
64 bytes from 169.254.202.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.081 ms
^C
--- 169.254.202.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.052/0.071/0.081/0.013 ms
Thanks,
Steve
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