> Hello!
>
> > that send 3 unreachables, like normal, linux does fine with.
>
> Yes, Linux sends only 1 error message per second to each source with
> bursts up to 6 by default.
>
> It means only that loss measurements with traceroute
> are completely bogus. At least, all the routers in our neighbourhood
> answer exactly ONE of three traceroute probes 8)
Whats the purpose of this? I mean, I understand nothing is broke per say,
but I get people emailing me "10% packet loss" traceroutes and wanting
explainations............
Brian
>
> Alexey Kuznetsov
>
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318-222-2638 x 109 http://www.shreve.net/~signal
Network Administrator ShreveNet Inc. (ASN 11881)
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