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<font face="sans-serif">Hellooo Leenooks users...<br>
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I've noticed this for years but finally I can't stand not understanding
it any more. Hopefully someone on here who's better versed with Linux
than me can set me straight...<br>
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Why is every 4th packet not mentioned in ping results when pinging a
non-live address?<br>
<br>
i.e. in the icmp_seq numbers below, they go: [no 1], 2, 3, 4, [no 5],
6, 7, 8, [no 9], 10, 11, 12, ...<br>
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It seems like the missing numbers will start randomly at either 1, 2,
3, or 4, but then from there onwards it is EVERY 4th one consistently
for hundreds or thousands of packets if I let it go.<br>
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What does it mean?<br>
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Thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
Martin<br>
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[martin@grand ~]$ ping large<br>
PING large.example.com (192.168.11.11) 56(84) bytes of data.<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=6 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=7 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=8 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=10 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=11 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
>From grand.example.com (192.168.11.22) icmp_seq=12 Destination Host
Unreachable<br>
^C<br>
--- large.example.com ping statistics ---<br>
12 packets transmitted, 0 received, +9 errors, 100% packet loss, time
11862ms<br>
pipe 3<br>
[martin@grand ~]$ <br>
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