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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking |
| Subject | Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! |
| Date | 2016-11-02 16:26 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <27dped-40d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <nvd05h$pk3$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2016-11-02 16:19, Charles T. Smith wrote: > Can someone explain to me why? > > E.g. > > $ ping 127.0.2.1 > PING 127.0.2.1 (127.0.2.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 127.0.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.064 ms > ... Works as expected. All 127.*.*.* addresses do exist. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-11-02 15:19 +0000
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-02 16:26 +0100
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-11-02 15:39 +0000
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! Andy Furniss <spam@spam> - 2016-11-02 15:52 +0000
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-11-02 16:32 +0000
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-03 07:41 +0100
Re: ping to non-existent addresses on the local loopback succeed! "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-11-03 08:51 +0000
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