Re: Crazy Ping Results

["Pete Peterson" <petersonp genrad com>]

> From: Ray Curtis <ray ccux com>
> To: enigma-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Crazy Ping Results
> 
> >>>>> "pp" == Pete Peterson <petersonp genrad com> writes:
> 
> pp> [root torvalds rc3.d]# ping ns1.genrad.com
> pp> PING ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1) from 132.223.32.43 : 56(84) bytes of data.
> pp> Warning: time of day goes back, taking countermeasures.
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=708 usec
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=4.023 sec
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=8.043 sec
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=12.062 sec
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=16.083 sec
> pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=5 ttl=254 time=20.102 sec
> 
> pp> Does this make any sense to anyone?  Once it's resolved the address, why
> pp> should ping care whether you specified a name or an IP?
> 
> Have you tried using traceroute to find the path that it might be taking.
> 
> traceroute ns1.genrad.com

> -- 
> Ray Curtis                                     
> mailto:ray ccux com                             http://www.ccux.com

Funny you should ask --- I posted the tracerout and "ping -R" results a
couple minutes ago.  :-)

       pete