> It shouldn't matter, anyway, if they're all behind a NAT router,
> should it?
Correct. Since a broadcast ping from the Internet cant make it to your network,
you're fine.
Surprised about MacOSX tho...
On 25 Jun 2009, at 08:10, Adam Carter wrote:
I've got one machine here on the LAN which isn't responding to
broadcast
ping. Any idea why not?
You need to set icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts to 0. Default is
1, mainly for dos prevention:
# sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0
I thou
> > I've got one machine here on the LAN which isn't responding to broadcast
> > ping. Any idea why not?
>
> You need to set icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts to 0. Default is
> 1, mainly for dos prevention:
>
> # sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0
I thought it would default to off in most O
On 25.06.2009 07:34, Stroller wrote:
> I've got one machine here on the LAN which isn't responding to broadcast
> ping. Any idea why not?
You need to set icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts to 0. Default is 1, mainly
for dos prevention:
# sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0
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