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When I ping a broadcast IP address, I don't get an icmp reply packets from all the IP address in the subnet. But rather I would only get an icmp ...
- 01-02-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Pinging Broadcast IP address
When I ping a broadcast IP address, I don't get an icmp reply packets from all the IP address in the subnet. But rather I would only get an icmp reply packet from the first IP address in the subnet. Why is that so ?
Note: All the IP addresses of this subnet belongs to the same server & I am pinging from this server itself.
- 01-03-2009 #2Linux Guru
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How are you pinging?
'ping <broadcast>'
or
'ping -b <broadcast>'
Also are you trying to ping outside your subnet? If so it's not going to work.
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Well, I don't think you can ping to a broadcast IP address without using the '-b' option. Also as I said b4, all the IP's of the subnet belongs to the same server. The reply comes only from the 1st IP in the subnet. I don't even receive a reply from the main IP in the server.
- 01-03-2009 #4Linux Guru
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I would then make sure the systems in question are not setup to ignore broadcasts.
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