Re: [bug-inetutils] ping -c 1 down.site.com never returns

[rwhron]

>> > ping -c 1 www.ibm.com never returns.  

> Or use a default value of 3seconds, rfc2988 (along-side other more
> advanced algorithms) uses it as an initial value for tcp's rto, wich is
> a pretty good estimation on the rtt's upper-bound.

That sounds good.  Here are some how long some other
ping -c 1 take to return when the site drops icmp:

netkit ping:                    10 seconds
Mandrake 9.2 iputils ping       10 seconds
HP/UX B.11.00 ping              11 seconds
Solaris 9 ping                  20 seconds

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