Re: Odd behavior

[Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010, Paul Goyette wrote:
> However, when I use ifconfig to give the interface an IPv4 address, it 
> creates the subnet route in the routing table, but does NOT create the local 
> route!  I am therefore unable to communicate with other devices on the 
> network, since no incoming packets get received.
>
> If I then ping my own address on this device, the local address suddenly 
> appears in the routing table, and then everything else just works as 
> expected!

I'm not sure what you mean by local route, but is it possible that you 
don't have lo0 configured (with 127.0.0.1 & up) when you try this?
IIRC there are some funny effects to be expected then...


 - Hubert