FreeBSD 4.7 does not respond to ping

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

Hmm, if that fixed you it sounds like you have assigned the broadcast address
of your network to your machine?  This is not a great option to leave turned
on.

j

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, adrian johnson wrote:

> putting icmp_bmcastecho="YES" in /etc/rc.conf solved my problem
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> aj
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> >From: Pete French <pete at twisted.org.uk>
> >To: eyewarp at hotmail.com, freebsd-users at uk.freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7 does not respond to ping
> >Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:03:28 +0000
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> > > I know there is a command for rc.conf or to compile into the kernel that
> > > will ping. Does any one know what it is.
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> >???? you can ping a BSD box with no config options at all. If its not
> >responding to ping then somethings up with your network...
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> >
> >-bat.
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