Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 May 1999 11:27:46 -0500 (CDT) | From | Brian <> | Subject | Re: linux-2.2.9/traceroute/packet loss |
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On Mon, 24 May 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> Hello! > > > that send 3 unreachables, like normal, linux does fine with. > > Yes, Linux sends only 1 error message per second to each source with > bursts up to 6 by default. > > It means only that loss measurements with traceroute > are completely bogus. At least, all the routers in our neighbourhood > answer exactly ONE of three traceroute probes 8)
Whats the purpose of this? I mean, I understand nothing is broke per say, but I get people emailing me "10% packet loss" traceroutes and wanting explainations............
Brian
> > Alexey Kuznetsov >
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