Linux network behavior wierdness
Paul Lussier
p.lussier at comcast.net
Fri Sep 5 14:26:45 EDT 2008
Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> writes:
>> Watch out for /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts. The
>> default was changed between 2.6.13 and 2.6.14 to ignore by default.
>
> Ooh, I didn't know that, thanks!
Fascinating, so how does this work?
$ ssh farm-519 ping -b 10.95.255.255 -c 1
64 bytes from 10.95.34.112: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.074 ms
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
$ ssh farm-519 cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
1
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Seeya,
Paul
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