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Ben Pfaff pfaffben@msu.edu
25 Jul 2000 09:24:33 -0400


"Marcel Kunath" <kunathma@pilot.msu.edu> writes:

> I still couldn't ping the printer.

ping'ing a broadcast address can sometimes be helpful; i.e.,

blp:~(0)$ ping 192.168.128.255
PING 192.168.128.255 (192.168.128.255): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.128.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.128.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=4.1 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.128.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.128.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.7 ms (DUP!)

--- 192.168.128.255 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, +2 duplicates, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.0/2.6/4.1 ms

blp:~(0)$ ping 255.255.255.255
PING 255.255.255.255 (255.255.255.255): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 35.9.11.25: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.2 ms
64 bytes from 35.9.11.25: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.9 ms

--- 255.255.255.255 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.9/1.0/1.2 ms
blp:~(0)$ 

(I *am* a little puzzled why the 255.255.255.255 ping doesn't go
out eth0 as well.)
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