Por que o “ping -vrf” não funciona quando o ping funciona?

Question

0:root@SERVER:/root # ping IPADDRESS
PING IPADDRESS (IPADDRESS): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from IPADDRESS: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=0 ms
64 bytes from IPADDRESS: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=0 ms
64 bytes from IPADDRESS: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=0 ms
^C
--- IPADDRESS ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms
0:root@SERVER:/root # ping -vrf IPADDRESS
PING IPADDRESS (IPADDRESS): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
ping: wrote IPADDRESS 64 chars, ret=-1
.ping: sendto: Network is unreachable

PERGUNTA : Se eu puder fazer o ping do IPADDRESS, por que não posso "ping -vrf" o IPADDRESS?

    

Answer 1

Parece que é porque a opção -r . Do homem:

   -r     Bypass the normal routing tables and send directly to a host 
          on an attached interface.  If the host is not on a directly-
          attached network, an error is returned.  This option can be 
          used to ping a local host through an interface that has no 
          route through it provided the option -I is also used.

Você precisa do seu host diretamente conectado à sua rede, caso contrário ele falhará como na sua pergunta.