On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:49:02PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Both "ifconfig" and "networking" man pages mention "point to point",
> but neither gives a clue as to what it might be or that it isn't
> supported by the Ethernet drivers (though I guess the later really
> belongs in the driver
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 06:13:57PM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Isn't that when we configure an IP on an interface, it will
> > automatically create a route for the corresponding "connected" network?
>
> Which seems more like a bug than a feature to
:: Those packets are _supposed_ to get back to this host. That's
:: what loopback is for.
Yes, I think the RFCs make a point of this.
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Juha
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:17:14AM -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:06:45PM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> > Misunderstood what Lamont was trying to show earlier... but he's right:
> > FreeBSD sends 127/8 out on the 'Net:
>
> I don't think FreeBSD is non-compliant for sending p
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 04:06:45PM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> Misunderstood what Lamont was trying to show earlier... but he's right:
> FreeBSD sends 127/8 out on the 'Net:
I don't think FreeBSD is non-compliant for sending packets with
destination 127/8 out onto the net, but I guess it could
Misunderstood what Lamont was trying to show earlier... but he's right:
FreeBSD sends 127/8 out on the 'Net:
# ping 127.0.0.4
PING 127.0.0.4 (127.0.0.4): 56 data bytes
36 bytes from GE0-0-0.nzsx-core1.Auckland.telstra.net (203.98.4.3):
Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL
