Hping/Ping

[Ingo Flaschberger]

Dear Dave,

> 	Also, if I use tethereal to sniff for icmp packets to the host I'm
> pinging I see them all even though I am getting drops --
>
> 23 packets transmitted, 22 packets received, 4% packet loss
>
> The last two lines of my tethereal --
>
> 45  22.214610 x.x.x.x -> y.y.y.y ICMP Echo (ping) request
> 46  22.215133 y.y.y.y -> x.x.x.x ICMP Echo (ping) reply
>
> 46/2 (request/reply) = 23. So 23 packets actually went out and returned, yet
> I still get drops?

*) You ping machine to machine (no other hops between)?
*) ifconfig <yournetworkinterface>
*) netstat -nI <yournetworkinterface>

Kind regards,
 	Ingo Flaschberger