Archan writes:
> Oho!!! It is really strange. Can u give dump of the following commands? I
> am bit confused.
>
> #/etc/init.d/network stop
> #ifconfig eth0 192.9.201.32 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> #ifconfig -a
> #ping -b 192.9.201.0
<problem>
Not adble to ping computers in my network
</problem>
Here is the o/p of above command
[root@tarangini root]#/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop
Unmounting nfs volumes: /auto.
Shutting down network devices...
[root@tarangini root]#ifconfig eth0 192.9.201.32 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[root@tarangini root]#ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:34:91:32
inet addr:192.9.201.32 Bcast:192.9.201.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:108 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:216
collisions:0
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
[root@tarangini root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.9.201.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
[root@tarangini root]#ping -b 192.9.201.0
ping: invalid option -- b
usage: ping [-LRdfnqrv] [-c count] [-i wait] [-l preload]
[-p pattern] [-s packetsize] [-t ttl] [-I interface address] host
[root@tarangini root]# ping 192.9.201.0
PING 192.9.201.0 (192.9.201.0): 56 octets data
ctrl-c
--- 192.9.201.0 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[root@tarangini root]# ping 192.9.201.32
PING 192.9.201.32 (192.9.201.32): 56 octets data
ctrl-c
--- 192.9.201.32 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
As you see now I am not able to ping my IP(192.9.201.32),As there is no
route to lo.
I don't know why -b switch of ping doesn't work in caldera, may be it is
deprecated in newer version.
Anyway thats not the problem.
Regards
Liyju Janardhan
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