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Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd)
From: Brett Frankenberger <brettf () netcom com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 18:43:26 -0500 (CDT)
:: Eric Germann writes ::
Granted, ping tends to get dropped on the floor at overloaded points,
A common misconception. Hosts (including the host functionality internal to a router) may deal with pings differently depending on load -- for example, pinging a router might result in delayed responses if the router is busy. But routers do not stop forwarding pings when they are overloaded. In the absence of traffic filters, a router (in the general case -- there's probably an exception to prove the rule) will forward a ping (that is not addressed to the router) with the same priority as it will forward a TCP frame (that is not addressed to the router.) - Brett (brettf () netcom com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... Coming soon to a | Brett Frankenberger .sig near you ... a Humorous Quote ... | brettf () netcom com
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- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd), (continued)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Sean M. Doran (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Avi Freedman (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Sean M. Doran (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Avi Freedman (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Alec H. Peterson (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Sean M. Doran (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Avi Freedman (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Sean M. Doran (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd) Avi Freedman (Sep 18)
- Re: Traffic Engineering James R Grinter (Sep 21)
- Re: Traffic Engineering Alec H. Peterson (Sep 21)