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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:39:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Krzysztof Krawczyk <cys@denied.cx>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ping: sendto: Message too long
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909152130470.78516-100000@tepsa.lame.pl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909131744020.88005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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Hi,

Could someone say me, why the maximum packetsize in ping command is 8184
(ping -s 8184)? If I want to do a bigger packetsize than this i got
message like this:

   tepsa:cys:/home# ping -s 65000 127.0.0.1
   PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 65000 data bytes
   ping: sendto: Message too long
   ping: sendto: Message too long
   ping: sendto: Message too long
   ping: sendto: Message too long
   ping: sendto: Message too long
   ^C
   --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
   5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Is there any way to bypass this limit? Should I recompile my
kernel/ping.c?


     Cys - Krzysztof Krawczyk
     IRC on DALnet: #polska #polcafe #wroclaw

     cys@for.lames.access.is.denied.cx

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