Re: [COMP] ICMP errors.....

James Gosnell wrote:

> John Madden wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, James Gosnell wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know about ICMP broadcasting errors or why my computer would
> > > be sending them? Any information on what they are would be great too.
> > > They pop up all the time in the of my console and it's especially
> > > annoying when I'm trying to work on something. thanks
> >
> > They shouldn't be coming up in your console at all... STDERR should be
> > routed to /var/log/syslog by ... hmm.. syslogd?  Make sure that's
> > running...  ICMP (Internet Control MEssage protocol) is a method of
> > sending IP packets back and fourth between a host and a router (gateway)
> > as a means of error-reporting.  Perhaps it means you've got a bad nic?
> >
> > John
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> It happens on both my machines that are running RH 5.2. It's probably just
> something I didn't setup right.
>
> James
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I didn't have my netmasks setup correctly. It should of been 255.255.255.0
instead of 255.255.0.0

James Gosnell
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