Alan Shutko wrote:
>
> Jesse Marlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > $ ping 205.152.0.20
> > PING 205.152.0.20 (205.152.0.20) from 213.71.215.54 : 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 205.152.0.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=251 time=1013.9 ms
> > wrong data byte #8 should be 0x42 but was 0x41
>
> I have experienced the same problems on my cable modem. I've never
> been able to figure out why it happens, but it always goes away after
> a while. Switching machines connected to the cable modem doesn't seem
> to help, so I've figured it wasn't my problem.
>
It's a bug in ping (ping shouldn't be comparing timestamps, note that
byte #8 is always the sent packet byte #8 + 1 because the clock ticked).
Upgrade to (or use the ping in) the Red Hat 6.1 netkit-base-0.10-37.
73 de Jeff
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