From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 17:33:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D604A1065670 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from if@xip.at) Received: from chile.gbit.at (ns1.xip.at [193.239.188.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E40D13C447 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from if@xip.at) Received: (qmail 13542 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2008 18:33:50 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO filebunker.xip.at) (86.59.10.180) by chile.gbit.at with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 26 Feb 2008 18:33:50 +0100 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:33:50 +0100 (CET) From: Ingo Flaschberger To: Dave Raven In-Reply-To: <03cb01c8789b$04aade30$0e009a90$@za.net> Message-ID: References: <03cb01c8789b$04aade30$0e009a90$@za.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LFD 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Hping/Ping X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:33:53 -0000 Dear Dave, > Also, if I use tethereal to sniff for icmp packets to the host I'm > pinging I see them all even though I am getting drops -- > > 23 packets transmitted, 22 packets received, 4% packet loss > > The last two lines of my tethereal -- > > 45 22.214610 x.x.x.x -> y.y.y.y ICMP Echo (ping) request > 46 22.215133 y.y.y.y -> x.x.x.x ICMP Echo (ping) reply > > 46/2 (request/reply) = 23. So 23 packets actually went out and returned, yet > I still get drops? *) You ping machine to machine (no other hops between)? *) ifconfig *) netstat -nI Kind regards, Ingo Flaschberger