Questions tagged [source-address]
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Linux IPv6 source address selection when interface has >1 IPv6 addresses: How to deprecate one?
In the context of IPv6 source address selection for outgoing traffic in Linux:
I have some IPv6 address(es) on the interface.
I want the kernel to pick one of those as the source IPv6 addr.
I don't want the kernel to pick this address I'm about to…
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How to set a source address for ICMP messages in Python?
I'm trying to change this implementation of ping so I can set a different source address for the messages.
What I want to do is exactly the same thing that the -S option of the original ping can do:
ifconfig em0 10.0.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0…
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Purpose of MAC source address
It appears that the destination MAC address is added for routing purposes. But what is the purpose of including a source MAC address in a packet?
