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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!world!coopnews.coop.net!hops.entertain.com!usenet From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ifconfig alias and local ping problem Date: 14 Jan 1996 14:45:45 GMT Organization: ABWAM, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4db4up$g96@hops.entertain.com> References: <30F62E69.6FF7@cdepot.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp010.entertain.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 In article <30F62E69.6FF7@cdepot.net>, Scott Taggart <taggart@cdepot.net> says: > >I've got a machine that answers to two IP addresses (one using the >ifconfig alias option). Everything works with the exception of the >a ping from the local machine to the aliased IP address (a ping to >the non-aliased IP on the same machine still works as expected). I >can successfully ping to the aliased addressed IP from other >machines. I know this is related to loopback, etc., but I am not >sure what commands I need to run to get the local ping to work >(route?). > >Any help would be appreciated. route add -host <ip address> 127.1