Re: Linux tcp over loopback

Aaron J. Grier (agrier@reed.edu)
Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:45:45 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Carl V Streeter wrote:

> Think that this might be related?
>
> bash# ping -f localhost
> PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
> ....
> --- localhost ping statistics ---
> 1652 packets transmitted, 182 packets received, 88% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 2.7/92.2/183.0 ms
>
> The number received is always 182 for some reason...

Same here. And I'm running 1.3.67 + linus' TCP patch (the one where you
had to walk around the computer and chant...) The 182 shows up as well.

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