[olug] Ping Is Broken

[Rob Townley]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:
> I don't think this sent so I am trying again.  Sorry if it is a dupe.
>
> In FreeBSD
> # ping -I fxp0 208.67.222.222
> ping: invalid multicast interface: `fxp0'
> # ping -I fxp1 208.67.222.222
> ping: invalid multicast interface: `fxp1'

-I in BSD refers to a multicast destination, please retry with
"ping -I fxp0 224.0.0.1"

>
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ping&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=Fr
> eeBSD+4.3-RELEASE
>  -I iface
> Source multicast packets with the given interface address. This
> flag only applies if the ping destination is a multicast address.
>
> traceroute -i fxp0 -I 208.67.222.222
> traceroute -i fxp1 -I 208.67.222.222
>
> Both work
>
> ping -S 192.168.2.1 208.67.222.222
> works but I have a hunch that it just sends through the WAN interface with
> that IP.  If that makes any sense.
>
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