[plug] ping results

[Mark Saxon]

Hi all

I have these results from pinging my own server, is the  wrong data byte
message significant and what causes this? I have never seen it before.

I get similar reports pinging other sites.

[mark at localhost mark]$ ping omninet.net.au
PING omninet.net.au (202.61.192.10) from 202.61.192.141 : 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=199.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=220.2 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=5 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=6 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=7 ttl=63 time=180.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=8 ttl=63 time=190.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=9 ttl=63 time=3010.1 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x9f but was 0x9c
        9c a 6a 38 dd 40 e 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
        20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=10 ttl=63 time=2030.9 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x9f but was 0x9d
        9d a 6a 38 de 40 e 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
        20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=11 ttl=63 time=1050.6 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x9f but was 0x9e
        9e a 6a 38 de 40 e 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
        20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=12 ttl=63 time=189.9 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=13 ttl=63 time=211.3 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=14 ttl=63 time=180.0 ms
64 bytes from 202.61.192.10: icmp_seq=15 ttl=63 time=180.0 ms

--- omninet.net.au ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 16 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 180.0/537.0/3010.1 ms


Safe New Year to all

Mark