STrange network problem

[Steve Hovey]

You show 167 as a broadcast on the first IP line then try to use it also
as an available ip


On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Rus Foster wrote:

> Hi All,
> I've just tried to bring up a new IP alias and am having trouble using it
> 
> Currently
> 
> ls512# ifconfig -a
> vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 63.247.81.162 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 63.247.81.167
>         inet6 fe80::230:1bff:fe37:fb48%vr0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet 63.247.81.163 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 63.247.81.163
>         inet 63.247.81.164 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 63.247.81.164
>         inet 63.247.81.165 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 63.247.81.165
>         inet 63.247.81.166 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 63.247.81.166
>         inet 63.247.81.167 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 63.247.81.167
>         ether 00:30:1b:37:fb:48
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
>         status: active
> lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> faith0: flags=8002<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
>         inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
> ls512# ping 63.247.81.167
> PING 63.247.81.167 (63.247.81.167): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
> ^C
> --- 63.247.81.167 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> 
> but ...
> 
> ls512# ping 63.247.81.166
> PING 63.247.81.166 (63.247.81.166): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 63.247.81.166: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms
> 64 bytes from 63.247.81.166: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms
> ^C
> --- 63.247.81.166 ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.031/0.040/0.048/0.009 ms
> 
> ls512# netstat -rn
> Routing tables
> 
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire
> default            63.247.81.161      UGSc       98    91635    vr0
> 63.247.81.160/29   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 63.247.81.161      00:0a:8a:f2:e1:00  UHLW       95        0    vr0   1188
> 63.247.81.163      00:30:1b:37:fb:48  UHLW        2    31131    lo0 =>
> 63.247.81.163/32   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 63.247.81.164      00:30:1b:37:fb:48  UHLW        2    68201    lo0 =>
> 63.247.81.164/32   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 63.247.81.165      00:30:1b:37:fb:48  UHLW        2     2336    lo0 =>
> 63.247.81.165/32   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 63.247.81.166      00:30:1b:37:fb:48  UHLW        0        4    lo0 =>
> 63.247.81.166/32   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 63.247.81.167      00:30:1b:37:fb:48  UHLWb       0       27    lo0 =>
> 63.247.81.167/32   link#1             UC          1        0    vr0
> 127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0       48    lo0
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Nothing in dmesg
> Nothing in /var/log/messages
> 
> rus
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