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From: postel@VENERA.ISI.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Duplicate packets in Internet.
Message-ID: <9006011814.AA09684@bel.isi.edu>
Date: 1 Jun 90 18:14:31 GMT
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Dheeraj:

Just run "ping" thru any NSS.  You get back more echo-replies than
echo-requests you sent.  Somebody is duplicating something somewhere.

--jon.

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% ping lcs.mit.edu
PING lcs.mit.edu: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=0. time=499. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=1. time=360. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=1. time=360. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=2. time=340. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=3. time=320. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=4. time=360. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=5. time=400. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=5. time=440. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=6. time=339. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=6. time=339. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=7. time=380. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=8. time=340. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=9. time=340. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=10. time=380. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=10. time=440. ms
64 bytes from 18.26.0.36: icmp_seq=11. time=340. ms
^C
----lcs.mit.edu PING Statistics----
12 packets transmitted, 16 packets received, -33% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 320/373/499
% 
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