Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:42:22 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ping -A Message-ID: <20010924144222.H50028@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <200109231327.aa81352@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>; from iedowse@maths.tcd.ie on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:27:29PM %2B0100 References: <200109231327.aa81352@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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Looks like a winner to me. On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:27:29PM +0100, Ian Dowse wrote: > > Some time ago, a '-A' (audible beep when packets are dropped) option > was added to ping in -current only. The logic in its implementation > isn't quite right; once one packet is dropped, it beeps after every > transmission. > > Here is a patch that should make it work in a more useful way. It > only outputs a bell when there is an increase in the maximum number > of unreceived packets. This has the benefit that for very long > round-trip times, ping -A will do the right thing after a few > inital false-positives. > > Any comments? > > Ian -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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