From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 22:11:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D52F1065675 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kjkoster@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3976C8FC1E for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbg15 with SMTP id g15so417213ghb.13 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=6MW0JDfWSRtZD9tiYPE7y5s9J2g+tH4cIyv6aZiebnc=; b=JHsqZZWx1F45+1CuvV7s71caVcbvpwvWay15oZeQbkJ0GXp2NtmDsSX/ebY1nAasEx 4OdACZgc+IBRc6yWVZut/MZWmqW78pdgVkOjyL+cHjzS/qDS1fPbV2IJqVIsfZGL+Fst TI0cF8JKEzA09vCY6eBFBfnvRMJ9DTI6cUWgE= Received: by 10.213.22.203 with SMTP id o11mr722489ebb.65.1321999877807; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from macbookpro.fritz.box (kjkoster.org. [83.163.197.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o4sm45872162eeb.0.2011.11.22.14.11.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:17 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Kees Jan Koster In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:11:15 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <763864D4-CC19-4473-AFAF-D22EF94E08A2@gmail.com> References: <2973_1321996526_4ECC10EE_2973_123_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499D2C69D77@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <4B28ADC5-8325-442E-8F02-9AE3535D8C6D@gmail.com> To: Michael Sierchio X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: Gary Gatten , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Diagnosing packet loss X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:11:20 -0000 Dear Michael, [kjkoster@saffron ~]$ ifconfig bge0 bge0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 = options=3D8009b ether 00:e0:81:32:ed:b4 inet 91.196.169.165 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 91.196.169.167 inet 91.196.169.166 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 91.196.169.166 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX = ) status: active [kjkoster@saffron ~]$ fgrep bge0 /etc/rc.conf=20 ifconfig_bge0=3D"inet 91.196.169.165 netmask 255.255.255.248" ifconfig_bge0_alias0=3D"91.196.169.166 netmask 255.255.255.255" That broadcast address and netmask look wrong for sure. Should I just change that to 255.255.255.248 as well? Kees Jan On 22 Nov 2011, at 23:00, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Kees Jan Koster = wrote: >=20 >> Thank you for your reply. Your comment about dupe IP triggered = something that I failed to mention: the interface is aliased. It has two = IP addresses. IP address a and it has an alias IP address b. I just = tested binding mtr to each of these interfaces separately to measure = packet loss. >=20 > Show us the ifconfig output. My guess is that the alias is > incorrectly configured. -- Kees Jan http://java-monitor.com/ kjkoster@kjkoster.org +31651838192 I hate unit tests; I much prefer the illusion that there are no errors = in my code. -- = Hendrik Muller