Subj : 0.0.0.0
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Kees van Eeten
Date : Wed Jan 13 2016 12:56 pm

Hello Tommi!

13 Jan 16 13:20, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 TK> Well, this is interesting:

 TK> ping 0.0.0.0
 TK> PING 0.0.0.0: 56 data bytes
 TK> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
 TK> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.21: icmp_seq=0. time=10. ms
 TK> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
 TK> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.21: icmp_seq=1. time=10. ms
 TK> 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
 TK> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.21: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms

 TK> My OS/2 computer has only one ip: 192.168.1.2.

 TK> 192.168.1.21 is the address of my switch.
 TK> 192.168.1.12 is the address of the router to the internet.

 0.0.0.0 is the broadcast address, so every interface on the same network
 segment answers, this is what should happen by design.

Kees

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