[AusNOG] possibly embarrassing question

Joseph Goldman joe at apcs.com.au
Sun Jun 10 16:32:18 EST 2012


That's for the Traceroute command, a "." is returned in the ping command 
for a time out.

On 10/06/12 4:28 PM, ben wrote:
> I would guess "Timeout".
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_note09186a00800a6057.shtml
>
> *IP _Traceroute_ Text Characters
>
> *
>
> Character
>
> 	
>
> Description
>
> nn msec
>
> 	
>
> For each node, the round-trip time in milliseconds for the specified 
> number of probes
>
> *
>
> 	
>
> The probe timed out
>
> A
>
> 	
>
> Administratively prohibited (example, access-list)
>
> Q
>
> 	
>
> Source quench (destination too busy)
>
> I
>
> 	
>
> User interrupted test
>
> U
>
> 	
>
> Port unreachable
>
> H
>
> 	
>
> Host unreachable
>
> N
>
> 	
>
> Network unreachable
>
> P
>
> 	
>
> Protocol Unreachable
>
> T
>
> 	
>
> Timeout
>
> ?
>
> 	
>
> Unknown packet type
>
>
>
>
> On 10/06/2012 4:17 PM, Joseph Goldman wrote:
>> What model router and IOS version?
>>
>> Can you paste the exact output with sensitive information hidden?
>>
>> I can not find any reference to a 'T' return in ping request on 
>> either of the following reference articles:
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_note09186a00800a6057.shtml 
>>
>> http://www.petri.co.il/csc_ping_command_cisco_ios.htm
>>
>>  Nor have I ever seen it, so not so embarrassing, I'm in the same boat.
>>
>> On 10/06/12 3:53 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
>>> What does "T" mean as the response character from a ping in a Cisco
>>> router (IOS)?
>>>
>>> Both my experience and my google-fu have failed me :-( The ping doco I
>>> can find lists all sorts of response characters, but not "T".
>>>
>>> Regards, K.
>>>
>>
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