On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, at 10:03am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yep. Also keep in mind one router will show two hops, one for each side of > the connected network.
s/will/may/. Many (most?) routers only count that as one hop, which, technically speaking, is correct. Receiving the packet is not a hop. Re-transmitting it is. And, also technically speaking, the TTL decrement was originally meant to be an actual time, not a hop count. A router was supposed to decrement the TTL by the number of seconds the packet spent in the router, IIRC. Once wire-speed routers became common, the TTL decrement bottomed out at one, but the old behavior may still exist in places. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
