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! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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