Hi,
Check out this ping response from yahoo.com using the domain name and the actual ip address. there is a huge packet loss in the first case.. this happens with many other sites that i have tried.. any clues as to why this happens?? Jay This is the ping response for yahoo.com [jay@localhost jay]$ ping www.yahoo.com PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (64.58.76.224) from A.B.C.D : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from w3.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.224): icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=225.874 msec 64 bytes from w3.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.224): icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=239.039 msec 64 bytes from w3.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.224): icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=229.037 msec 64 bytes from w3.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.224): icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=229.081 msec 64 bytes from w3.dcx.yahoo.com (64.58.76.224): icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=239.083 msec --- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics --- 27 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 77% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 225.874/231.865/239.083/5.241 ms [jay@localhost jay]$ ping 64.58.76.224 PING 64.58.76.224 (64.58.76.224) from A.B.C.D : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=228.709 msec 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=229.957 msec 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=229.916 msec 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=229.959 msec 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=239.741 msec 64 bytes from 64.58.76.224: icmp_seq=5 ttl=243 time=239.916 msec --- 64.58.76.224 ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 228.709/233.033/239.916/4.825 ms P.S. I have replaced my actual ip with A.B.C.D _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
