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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:07:25 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Chris <chrismar@shasta.eclipse.net>
Cc:        "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why can't I ping my own IP Aliases?
Message-ID:  <19990929100725.J55586@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909282221090.19621-100000@shasta.eclipse.net>; from Chris on Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:22:46PM -0400
References:  <MOBBIPGJKBNNPGLGMFHFOEOJDFAA.don@whtech.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909282221090.19621-100000@shasta.eclipse.net>

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On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:22:46PM -0400, Chris wrote:
> 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.
> 
You don't need to do this!

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