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Re: qwest.net dropping packets... wife would like someone to pick them up please...


From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 22:04:47 -0400

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
one router along the path showing loss that does not continue to
affect the rest of the path simply means the cpu on that router
is a bit too busy to respond to icmp messages

trivial footnote: some folk configure some routers to rate limit
icmp

other trivial footnote, not all traceroute is icmp.


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