Re: [Q] Virtual hosts and routing...
Well, I wouldn't worry about this. I also use an IP alias and I can't ping it from the
machine it's on either but I can ping it from any other machine. I won't even venture to
guess why this is. BTW, you shouldn't assign 216.178.140.255 as an address since this is
the broadcast address.
The Doctor What wrote:
> I have a network, 216.178.140.xxx, which my box is part of. My box,
> bunny, has a main ethernet (eth0) ip as 216.178.140.4. It's gateway is
> 216.178.140.1, This is all class C of course.
>
> In addition, I have the whole block of IPs from 216.178.140.240 to
> 216.178.140.255 all assigned as virtual ethernet devices: eth0:0 thru
> eth0:15.
>
> However, if I log into the system (usually at 216.178.140.240, eth0:0) and
> try to ping any of my other virtual ips, I get no response. I hav
> included the route -n and ifconfig output as an attachment.
>
> uname -a prints:
> Linux gerf 2.0.36 #2 Sun Feb 21 15:55:27 EST 1999 i686 unknown
>
> This is a Debian 2.1 system with updates from the master site.
>
> If I am missing any info, I can provide it. Hopefully you can help as the
> documentiation is rather short, and doesn't mention any problems like
> this.
>
> Ciao!
>
> --
> If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
> --Zaphod (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
>
> The Doctor What: <fill in the blank> http://www.gerf.org/~docwhat/
> docwhat@gerf.org (finger docwhat@gerf.org for PGP key)
> KF6VNC
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> outName: out
> Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
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