From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 6 19:55:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA09576 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 19:55:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA09567 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 19:55:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA17906; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 14:24:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703070354.OAA17906@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: "Phantom IP address" In-Reply-To: <331F84EC.446B9B3D@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> from Jim Durham at "Mar 6, 97 10:01:00 pm" To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 14:24:16 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jim Durham stands accused of saying: > > The IP address of the router are 206.210.70.1, the portmaster is > 206.210.70.2. My FreeBSD boxes are .4 and .5, the Dos/Windows box is .6 > . > > The netmask I was using was fffffff8 on this box (.5). > > I wanted to add my new laptop as .7 . I tried pinging .7 > to see if anything was there. I got a reply! Looking at the ping ... > Does this qualify as "wierd" ? No, you were pinging the broadcast address. Everyone (that agrees that it's the broadcast address) will respond to it. > Jim Durham -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[