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Date:      Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:23:42 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: patch regarding icmp bandwidth limiting
Message-ID:  <20011105102130.H29695-100000@achilles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011105144330.A29038@gvr.gvr.org>

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Guido van Rooij wrote:

> Does anyone mind the followning patch? The reason for it is that if
> I ping flood localhost I get the following messages:
> Limiting icmp ping response from 250 to 200 packets per second
> Limiting icmp ping response from 249 to 200 packets per second
> Limiting icmp ping response from 249 to 200 packets per second
> Limiting icmp ping response from 249 to 200 packets per second
> Limiting icmp ping response from 249 to 200 packets per second
> Limiting icmp ping response from 248 to 200 packets per second
>
> This doesn't make much sense because it seems that the limiting is
> trying to be set to 200 but somehow is stuck at 250.
>
> -Guido

The first number is the rate at which the machine would be responding
without limiting enabled.  The second number tells you the rate at which
it is responding.  Changing from a pre to a post increment isn't going to
change what you're seeing.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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