From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Those damn va_list errors
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:29:22 +0100
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Hello.

Martin Str|mberg wrote:
[snip]
> nietzsche:~# ping -s 1000 clio.rice.edu
> PING clio.rice.edu (128.42.105.3): 1000 data bytes
> 1008 bytes from 128.42.105.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=223 time=211.7 ms
> 1008 bytes from 128.42.105.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=223 time=279.1 ms
> 
> --- clio.rice.edu ping statistics ---
> 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 211.7/245.4/279.1 ms
> nietzsche:~# ping -s 1520 clio.rice.edu
> PING clio.rice.edu (128.42.105.3): 1520 data bytes
> 
> --- clio.rice.edu ping statistics ---
> 15 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[snip]

Your packets may be being dropped, due to their size. Try reducing the MTU on
the interface that's connected to the Internet. On Windows this is done by
hacking the registry.

Bye,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]