Why is there a 90-95% packet loss when I flood ping localhost?
I'm not saying this is a bug or not, I am purely curious.
I am assuming that it is because the kernel can't reply to the pings in
less time then ping allows.
# > ping -f localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
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[SNIP]
--- localhost ping statistics ---
1855 packets transmitted, 177 packets received, 90% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.9/155.1/232.3 ms
I also noticed the average time it took for a ping, which is quite high.
Cheers Mof.
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