Was meant to be CC'd to the list too :)

----- Forwarded message from Chris Hellberg <odysseus@soa.co.nz> -----

From: Chris Hellberg <odysseus@soa.co.nz>
To: gordon@morenet.net.nz
Subject: Re: adsl ran quality

All ADSL customers route through RFC1918 address space, so yes, he will
have a route to some 1918 space somewhere along his path.

Ping has great uses even though it was coded up in a few hours by Van
Jacobson twenty-odd years ago. Getting an ICMP echo and an echo reply is
exactly what ping was designed for, there's no failing in that. It's how
you interpret it is the important bit.

Chris

On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 09:14:01PM +1300, gordon@morenet.net.nz wrote:
> Quoting Fran <fran@mobilecomputing.co.nz>:
>
> >
> > I get this.....
> >
> > PING 192.168.253.225 (192.168.253.225): 56 octets data
> >
> > --- 192.168.253.225 ping statistics ---
> > 16 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> >
> > Fran
> > :):):)
> > --
>
> *Sigh*
>
> Did it occur to you that you may not have a route to an RFC1918 address?
> Ping is not a a good diagnostic tool to use.
> All it tells you is that it sent an ICMP echo, and got a reply.
> Do a tcp trace to a real world address....
>
>
>
> Todays quote:
>
> > SELECT * FROM user WHERE clue > 0;
> > 0 rows returned
>
>
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