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Date:      Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:10:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/20785: changing interface IP in same subnet doesn't propagate properly
Message-ID:  <200008301510.IAA85174@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/20785; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/20785: changing interface IP in same subnet doesn't propagate properly
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:00:07 +0300

 On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 02:06:06PM -0400, rwatson@FreeBSD.org wrote:
 > 
 > Changing the IP address of an interface may not necessarily cause new
 > sockets to make use of the new IP address, if the address is in the same
 > subnet as the previous address under IPv4.  This only seems to affect
 > outgoing packets to non-local addresses; the correct IP is used for outgoing
 > local packets on the subnet.
 > 
 I recently experienced this bug (with exact the same workaround) when I was
 playing with my libalias(3) ICMP fixes.  Yesterday, when I was playing with
 my kernel ICMP error generation fixes, I noticed that a similar bug happens
 with `-reject' static routes and thought that this might be related to this
 bug.
 
 1. Add the `-reject' route on your gateway machine:
 	# route add -host 1.2.3.4 -iface lo0 -reject
 
 2. From another box ping this host:
 	$ ping -c1 1.2.3.4
    You will not see the ICMP unreachable message.
 
 3. On the router box, re-add the default route:
 	# route delete default
 	# route add default $foo
 
 4. From another box try to ping this host again:
 	$ ping -c1 1.2.3.4
    Now you will see the ICMP unreachable message.
 
 
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