On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, John Clarke wrote: > 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:
There is one at this site, together with a vanilla hub, so I guess you might be on the money. > > >http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2332494851d&selm=956j5l%244kh%241%40gate.dodgy.net.au > > > Cheers, > > John > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "Flatter government, not fatter government." - me Get rid of the Australian states. ------------------------------------------ If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
