Re: is it Possible to ping MAC address ?
From: Mike Playle (usenet_at_newdawn.uklinux.net)
Date: 08/17/05
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:38:50 GMT
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:12:33 +0200, Kasper Dupont
<kasperd@daimi.au.dk> wrote:
>Mike Playle wrote:
>>
>> There's an Ethernet-level TEST command defined by IEEE 802.2 which
>> might be able to help. HPUX apparently has a command to do it:
>>
>> http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90681/linkloop.1M.html
>>
>> but I don't know if Linux has anything similar.
>
>So who will actually send a reply? Is it the hardware
>that sends the reply without involving the OS?
I think it must be software. I've just given it a try and the
only device I can get a reply from is a HP switch. Linux and
Solaris machines just ignore the packet.
Mike
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