[ale] [OT] ping

[Paul Cartwright]

On Mon July 19 2010, Björn Gustafsson wrote:
> > gi1-48.3802.mpd01.atl04.atlas.cogentco.com      15%      56     66
> > te7-4.mpd02.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com            22%     51      66
> > 38.104.190.54                                   73%     17      66
> > dyndns.org                                       70%     19     66
>
> If those are the only output lines and the numbers are the %Loss Rcv
> and Snt columns, it means your route to dyndns.org is short but very
> unreliable.  Seventy percent packet loss is not good, even in a small
> sample size.  It also indicates to me that you're using a relatively
> old version of mtr, since my version doesn't show the "Rcv" column any
> more.

no I only listed 4 of the 13 hops, the ones with the most loss.
it is loss-rec-sent
running Debian Lenny:
ii  mtr            0.75-2         Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool


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