Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:27:43 -0400 From: "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: 4.4RC4 + traceroute v1.3.2 (bug) Message-ID: <LAW2-F64iHrA1wpnXXT00014ef0@hotmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
FYI >From: "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com> >To: stable@freebsd.org >Subject: 4.4RC4 + traceroute v1.3.2 (bug) >Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:24:24 -0400 > >I seem to have a bug with traceroute. I tested traceroute using networks >using VLANs/VPNs. Strange thing happens. The Microsoft tracert seems to >work >fine all the time. The generic UNIX traceroute v1.4a12 which I have >compiled >on FreeBSD v4.3R and 4.4RC4 works consistent to the Microsoft tracert >program. > >The problem is with traceroute 1.3.2 which seems to die in certain areas of >the network. I will see "*" responses where the other versions of the >program will give me response times. I also test traceroute 1.4a5 (popular >on Solaris systems) on both a Solaris 2.6 and FreeBSD 4.3R box which gave >bad results. Traceroute 1.4a12 and tracert worked fine. >I even tested Neoworx's Neotrace against traceroute 1.3.2 and found the >same >issues in which traceroute 1.3.2 failed in certain areas. Tracert and >traceroute 1.4a12 were consistent to Neotrace Express v3.x. > >Programs tested on FreeBSD 4.3R and 4.4RC4 test machines: >1. traceroute 1.3.2 >2. traceroute 1.4a5 >3. traceroute 1.4a12 (wins every time!) > >Programs tested on Win98SE/NTSP6a test machines: >1. tracert (built-in) >2. Neoworx's Neotrace Express 3.x >3. Solarwinds traceroute tool (not mentioned above but used). > >Ken Mays >4.4RC4 > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?LAW2-F64iHrA1wpnXXT00014ef0>