On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:19:51PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Can anyone explain why I get this on a LAN:
>
> # ping -n 192.168.40.129
> PING 192.168.40.129 (192.168.40.129) from 192.168.40.1 : 56(84) bytes of
> data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=999.649 msec
> 64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
Pinging a 3com switch, perhaps? Possibly apocryphal, but it makes a
good story:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2332494851d&selm=956j5l%244kh%241%40gate.dodgy.net.au
Cheers,
John
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