> > > Hmm, I have no problem pinging with an odd size.
Rogier Wolff writes:
> > Neither do I, but I remember having upgraded ping the last time this
> > surfaced on Linux-kernel. Maybe I'm mis-remembering things. Sorry.
Forever shall I be. wrote:
> The problem was with the checksum code, IIRC..
Ah. Now I remember: the old ping calculates the checksum incorrectly,
so the machine who is supposed to reply discards the ping-packet
without responding, if it correctly verifies the checksum before
replying.
Roger.
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