>  inet 233.100.1.1 255.255.255.0

Yup - just checked Comer's book.

This is a multicast address.

Over Ethernet, there is a direct translation between multicast IP and the MAC
address.  For regular addresses, ARP is used to get a dynamic translation.

So, your machine ain't ARPing anything, and hence can't talk.

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