On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Joey Hess wrote:
> I've noticed something exceedingly strange. 2.2.x kernels all seem to send
> out odd sized ICMP packets improperly.
>
> root@kite:/home/joey/prog>ping -qs 11 localhost
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 11 data bytes
>
On 2.2.5 it works fine. Maybe your `ping` is broken?
Ping to a Sun:
Script started on Fri Apr 9 08:33:28 1999
# ping -s 11 hal
PING hal.analogic.com (204.178.40.143): 11 data bytes
19 bytes from 204.178.40.143: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.143: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.143: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.3 ms
--- hal.analogic.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.3/0.3/0.4 ms
Ping to another Linux machine:
# ping -s 11 quark
PING quark.analogic.com (204.178.40.236): 11 data bytes
19 bytes from 204.178.40.236: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.236: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.236: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.4 ms
--- quark.analogic.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.4/0.4/0.4 ms
Ping to a Cisco router:
# ping -s 11 cisco
PING cisco.analogic.com (204.178.40.1): 11 data bytes
19 bytes from 204.178.40.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.6 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms
19 bytes from 204.178.40.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms
--- cisco.analogic.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.3/0.3/0.6 ms
# exit
Script done on Fri Apr 9 08:34:02 1999
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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