From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 20 10:41:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D98537B400 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:41:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8242543E77 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:41:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7KHf4W23216; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:41:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:41:04 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: adrian kok Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ping Message-ID: <20020820104104.A22995@mail.seattleFenix.net> References: <20020820172716.99363.qmail@web21209.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020820172716.99363.qmail@web21209.mail.yahoo.com>; from adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 01:27:16AM +0800 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * adrian kok (adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk) [020820 10:27]: > Hello all > > do you know why I use ping command as show below > (DUP!), what is the meaning? > > router# ping 68.78.17.138 > PING 68.78.17.138 (68.78.17.138): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 68.78.17.138: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 > time=41.545 ms > 64 bytes from 68.78.17.138: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 > time=41.553 ms (DUP!) > 64 bytes from 68.78.17.138: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 > time=41.178 ms > 64 bytes from 68.78.17.138: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 > time=41.199 ms (DUP!) > > Thank you It means that ping recieved two unique replies from the network. Most often that means there are two (or more) machines listening on that IP. You'll also get this if you ping the broadcast address. -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message