Not so sure on that Pierre, it will get a reply from what it can see, bypassing the routing table will only get a ping back from the first device. if 100 machines are connected to the port and the port has the same address as the host then all hell breaks loose, but if the host address is different from the port address, only the port responds, because the host dos'nt know whats the otherside of the port unless its told.. ie. the routing table
richard -----Original Message----- From: Pierre Fortin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Network problem "Richard Bown (QMW)" wrote: > [snip] I'm waiting to hear back from Wolfgang on the list of things to verify... Until a "ping -br <broadcast>" which bypasses the routing table actually makes it to the other machine (basic connectivity), routing tables changes are not going to help (unless the network code is buggy). Cheers, Pierre
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