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Date:      Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:22:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris <chrismar@shasta.eclipse.net>
To:        "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why can't I ping my own IP Aliases?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909282221090.19621-100000@shasta.eclipse.net>
In-Reply-To: <MOBBIPGJKBNNPGLGMFHFOEOJDFAA.don@whtech.com>

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You have to add it to the lo0 interface as well so it knows to loop back
to itself.  This has been my experiece in the past.  For example, in my
case i'd do a `ifconfig fxp0 alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` and 
`ifconfig lo0 alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx` and it would then work.

Chris

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Don O'Neil wrote:

> I've configured a few IP aliases on my 3.3 machine, and they show up under
> ifconfig -a... but when I try to ping them from the machine they're defined
> on I can't... nor can I telnet or ftp to them. I can ping/telnet/ftp to them
> from outside the machine, so I know the traffic is getting routed
> correctly... what gives?
> 
> I'm using RealTek 10/100 PCI ethernet cards, FBSD 3.3-Release.
> 
> Thanks!
> Don
> 
> 
> 
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