[ILUG] tcpdump .. and friends

[Colm MacCarthaigh]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 12:12:20PM +0000, John P. Looney wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 12:07:16PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> > just curious, why wouldn't
> > 
> >     ping -b -c 1 192.168.0.255
> > work?
> 
>  That does work for unix boxes

Not neccessarily, some don't respond and many can be configured not to.

	echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts

for example :)

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Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net