Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:46:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange error on Freefall Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960917104522.5516B-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199609171514.KAA16313@main.gbdata.com>
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On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Gary Clark II wrote: > hello, > > I was on FreeFall earlier and ran into the following problem: > > freefall:gclarkii# ping srimain.srisoft.com > PING srimain.srisoft.com (207.90.208.225): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 207.90.208.225: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=188.854 ms > 64 bytes from 207.90.208.225: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=209.467 ms > ^C > --- srimain.srisoft.com ping statistics --- > 3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 188.854/199.160/209.467 ms > > freefall:gclarkii# telnet srimain.srisoft.com > Trying 198.66.103.161... > freefall:gclarkii# > > Why does the DNS return both variables consistly, one to ping > and the other to telnet and rlogin??? > > Any ideas? > > Gary That system has two addresses. The DNS server will return the address list in a different order for each query. ping uses the first address in the list. telnet tries to be smart and tries to search the list for an address that will work. Tom
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