> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: adam....@cyberspaceroad.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: ping packet loss when size gt 1500 >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:11:46 +0100 > >>I thought I knew enough to keep my own home LAN going but I'm stuck >on this one >>and I can't work out what to do next. In fact I thought everything >was fine >>until I tried pinging with big packet sizes. >> >>ping -s 1472 www.bbc.co.uk >>ping -s 1472 208.245.107.9 >> >>works fine, no packet loss ever. >> >>ping -s 1473 www.bbc.co.uk >> >>works fine too. >> >>ping -s 1473 208.245.107.9 >> >>results in 100% packet loss. >> >>I have a bizarre problem with the server at 208.245.107.9, which is >an internet >>broker whose server keeps disconnecting when making data requests. >Their support >>is blaming the problem on me. >> >>208.245.107.9 is used by a huge number of clients and I apparently >am the only >>one suffering. >> >>Could it be something on my LAN? Or could it be my ISP (British >Telecom) whose >>DNS server will randomly go down for a while and then come back (not >in sync >>with the appearance of this problem though) - I thought I'd state >that to give >>an idea of the ISP's reliability. >> >>Or is this ping problem definitely something I can sort out and >perhaps solve it? >> >>Thanks >>Adam >> >> Just a guess but I would hypothesize that you have bumped up against a Maximum Transmission Unit limit. Larry >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >listmas...@lists.debian.org >>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cb9f8f2.5040...@cyberspaceroad.com >> >>
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