From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 23 14:46:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA16952 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.san.rr.com (san.rr.com [204.210.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA16947 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:46:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.san.rr.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA15904 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:46:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707232146.OAA15904@mail.san.rr.com> Received: from dt5h3n16.san.rr.com(204.210.33.22) by mail via smap (V1.3) id tmpa15629; Wed Jul 23 14:45:46 1997 From: "Studded" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Wed, 23 Jul 97 14:45:28 -0800 Reply-To: "Studded" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Ping idea Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I lost the thread on the idea of adding standard deviation to our ping code due to a fit of overzealous cleaning, but I wanted to throw in a vote of support for that, and one new(?) idea. It would be nice if the ping summary showed the size of the packets used. Something like: --- freefall.freebsd.org ping statistics --- 10 1024 byte packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss If line length is an issue, I'd say that the "packets" in "10 packets received" is redundant and repetetive. :) I'm not a programmer, so I don't have a patch for you, but if someone wants to whip one up, I'll be happy to test it on my 2.2.1 system. Also, if there is a better list to send this to, let me know. I'm not on -hackers or I'd send it there. Doug The man who fears nothing, loves nothing.