> > One final comment - I still don't understand why FreeBSD "won't" > > respond to pings > > when it has an address like 169.254.1.1. I can ssh to the unit but > > it won't > > respond to pings. I tried setting up a linux box with an address > > like > > 169.254.1.2 and it "would" respond to pings. > > Linux is not really any measuring stick in standard compliance...
If 169.254.0.0/16 addresses are supposed to be link local then I'd definitely expect a reply to a ping from another box on the same LAN, sourced from another 169.254.0.0/16 address. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
