On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:35:38PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Richard Crawford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > So what does "Time to live exceeded" mean? > > It means that the ICMP packets (comprising the ping attempt) were taking > too long to reach the destination, such that they exceeded their allowed > lifetime before getting there.
The above answer is incorrect. When I first started learning about TCP/IP I took answers like the above as correct. The answer above certainly sounds right, but it isn't. If you take it literally your understanding of TCP/IP ICMP packets will be as warped as my early understanding of TCP/IP. Several people gave correct answers. I would also suggest checking some of the links provided to learn a bit more about ICMP packets (used with Ping and Traceroute). NOTE: Earlier today (10/22/02) I experienced problems with my pacbell DSL connection. In particular, I received "Time to live exceeded" messages too. Things cleared up sometime in the afternoon. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
