Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!caesar.cs.montana.EDU!icsu6000 From: icsu6000@caesar.cs.montana.EDU (Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: ping fails on first attempt?? Message-ID: <8808111953.AA29704@caesar.cs.montana.edu> Date: 11 Aug 88 19:53:04 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 15 #> I've noticed that ping also has some problems: If you ping an #> Apollo the first attempt will usually fail, but after that ping seems #> to work. At Montana State, we run 15 apollos connected to the campus Ethernet. I've never seen this "first attempt fail" ping problem on our nodes. BTW we're running 9.5.1, and TCP 3.0 w/patches Jaye Mathisen mathisen.sys_admin icsu6000@mtsunix1.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu (only one that works regularly) icsu6000@caesar.cs.montana.edu (192.31.215.202).