Re: Bad in 1.3.76
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:18:25 +0100
In linux.dev.kernel, article <199603212140.WAA28074@oberon.di.fc.ul.pt>=
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roque@di.fc.ul.pt writes:
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> Also, if i'm not mistaken win95 ping uses 16 byte packets by default
> while Unix pings default to 56/64 bytes. This beeing true and the
> original poster as a better performance with Linux :-)
>=20
The IP header already is 20 bytes long, so a 16-byte ping packet is
impossible. You need at least 24 bytes to ping somebody.
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