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Date:      Mon, 1 Nov 1999 18:18:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        joe@pavilion.net (Josef Karthauser)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ping - sized tests with 0% and 100% packet loss!  Any ideas?
Message-ID:  <199911020218.SAA09156@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <19991102001602.B25673@florence.pavilion.net> from Josef Karthauser at "Nov 2, 1999 00:16:02 am"

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Josef Karthauser writes:
> A wierd one.  I'm trying to track down a packets size (I believe) problem
> on my network.  During ping testing I've come across the following strange
> which I don't understand.
> 
> Using various sized packets ($n) with:
> 	ping -f -c 300 -s $n localhost
> 
> I'm getting results that I wouldn't expect:
> 
> 	Size	PacketLoss
> 
> 	1	14%
> 	2-10	0%
> 	11	100%
> 	12	0%
> 	13	100%
> 	14	0%
> 	15	100%
> 	etc.

Happens to me to on -current, but not -stable. With -current's
ping on stable it doesn't happen, and with -stable's ping on
-current it still happens. Therefore it must be a kernel bug.

-Archie

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