On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interestingly, TI is honouring ICMP echo request from  192.168.176.9
>
> $ ping 192.168.176.9
> PING 192.168.176.9 (192.168.176.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.176.9: icmp_req=1 ttl=252 time=45.8 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.176.9: icmp_req=2 ttl=252 time=40.6 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.176.9: icmp_req=3 ttl=252 time=39.2 ms
>
> Question:  Had my LAN network address space been 192.168.176.X instead
> of 172.16.0.X, would I still have gotten the ping responses?

Assuming it is a 192.168.176.0/24 subnet is your local subnet, your
router will not route the packet destined for 192.168.176.9 out of
your subnet. Answer -  you will get a reply from a m/c in the LAN if
it exists.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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