Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:55:57 -0400 From: Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> To: "Paul A. Procacci" <pprocacci@datapipe.com> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How can I send packets to 255.255.255.255 from the command line? Message-ID: <CAFMmRNzG_Xo=D0szCSv3=SBnZEiKmsv3arw=32k1dSoftnRR_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160818204822.GB18759@workvm.myhome> References: <CAFMmRNwXKhNUg35eYS4bE4UZQxTrAhYDatnokDuMtTT33SUMwQ@mail.gmail.com> <20160818204822.GB18759@workvm.myhome>
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Paul A. Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> wrote: > You should be able to ping the local subnet. > Alternatively you can use net/arping. > > ~Paul > I'm specifically looking to test the handling of 255.255.255.255, so a local broadcast address is out. Unfortunately, arping doesn't seem to do the right thing on FreeBSD. It manages to get the kernel to try arp'ing for 255.255.255.255.
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