From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932485AbWA0Tey (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:34:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932488AbWA0Tey (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:34:54 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.45]:37098 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932485AbWA0Tey (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:34:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <000601c62370$db00cd50$1701a8c0@gerold> References: <000601c62370$db00cd50$1701a8c0@gerold> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: traceroute bug ? Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:34:41 -0500 To: Gerold van Dijk X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Jan 27, 2006, at 13:38, Gerold van Dijk wrote: > Why can I NOT do a traceroute specifically within my own (sub)network > 207.253.5.64/27 What part of "trace" "route" do you not understand? If you are talking to your own subnet, there are no routers in between, so clearly there is nothing to trace. A packet with TTL 0 is invalid, and a packet with TTL 1 will get to the host. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -- Somone asked me why I work on this free (http://www.fsf.org/ philosophy/) software stuff and not get a real job. Charles Schulz had the best answer: "Why do musicians compose symphonies and poets write poems? They do it because life wouldn't have any meaning for them if they didn't. That's why I draw cartoons. It's my life." -- Charles Schulz