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[Adam]

On 25 Jul 2000, Ben Pfaff wrote:

>"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!)

Isn't responding to broadcast echo requests a Bad Thing(TM) considering
smurf and family?  Is it normally off for those OS's there but you turned
it on?