On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 02:23:47AM +0530, Binand Raj S. wrote:
> I am sorry Arun, but does that mean if I ping an IP address, the code
> for the interface to which that IP address belongs to is not invoked?
>
> What I meant was, if you could ping yourself via ethernet but none of
> the others on your subnet, you can almost assume that you forgot to
> insert the ethernet cable into your card. :-)
>
> Binand
>
from what i know Linux uses the loopback code to IP's which point to the machine
itself... the interface is used only if it is in the subnet on a defined route.
Nikhil.
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