D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Traceroute oddity

 

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Simon Waters wrote:

Investigating a network issue (unreliable access - suddenly) to a postgres
database behind a DNAT connection.

Noted that "traceoute dnatbox" intermittently doesn't return the last one
or two packets.

So get..

1
2
3
4
...
9 Host 34ms * *

or

9 Host 35ms 45ms *

As if there is some sort of rate limiting on ICMP

Traceroute -t doesn't have this issue. Is there some sort of default rate
limiting on ICMP these days.

I've not seen it except on networks which were under a DoS attack... It would kill 'mtr' fairly quickly if it did!

Gordon

--
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq