Very weird result in ping of IP address.

[Hothouse]

Hi All

I am getting the following out put if I ping and IP address. Can any one please shed some light on this?

PING 192.168.4.1 (192.168.4.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=44.8 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0xe6
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 2
5 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=44.8 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x33
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 2
5 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=44.7 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x1c
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 2
5 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=45.6 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x1b
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 2
5 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 bytes from 192.168.4.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=44.5 ms
wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x1a
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 2
5 26 27 28 29 2a 2b
2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
c
--- 192.168.4.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 44.5/44.8/45.6 ms

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

According to no less an authority than Alan Cox...

"Its a bug in some versions of ping when the rtt is > 1 second. Get a newer ping. "

RGds.