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Date:      Mon, 01 Oct 2001 13:59:47 -0700
From:      xique <xique-list@subatomic.net>
To:        <jacks@sage-american.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: traceroute only works after ping
Message-ID:  <B7DE2617.3FE9%xique-list@subatomic.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011001135855.03f12c60@mail.sage-american.com>

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On 10/1/01 11:58 AM, "jacks@sage-american.com" <jacks@sage-american.com>
wrote:

> Don't know the answer to that one, but recommend installing and using "mtr"
> from the ports/net instead of traceroute.... live stats and more....
> 
>> Perhaps someone can help explain this odd behavior. If I do a traceroute to
>> any host on the Internet it times out. If I ping the host first and then do a
>> traceroute it works fine.

[...]

Well mtr is indeed nice. And it works. :) Probably because it's pinging the
hosts first. I'm still interested in figuring out why traceroute fails,
though, if anyone else has any insight. Thanks!


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