Re: Ping a mac address

["mccauley () gmx net" <mccauley () gmx net>]

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:11:45 +0100
rob.dijkshoorn () planet nl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Seems to me you are mixing up osi-layer functionality. 
>
> A MAC-address is a layer 2 (physical) address. This address only has
> significance on the local broadcast domain. In ip-terms, your local subnet. 
> Ping is a layer 4 protocol, used to check end-to-end connectivity
> between ip-adresses. You can't use ping to ping a mac-address, since the
> protocol underlying ping (ICMP) won't understand it.

I can't find it now, but THERE IS a ethernet "ping" and is a standard
protocol , only some old NIC support it , but it does exist.


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