Performance

[Brian Leeper]

If you want to change this or see what the default for Linux is, the file
you want to change or view is:

/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl

Brian

"Please do not tailgate. This vehicle's ECU runs Windows."

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, David Schwartz wrote:

> 
> 	Without knowing the initial TTL value of the ping, the number means
> nothing. If you know the initial TTL value, and subtract from that the
> output TTL value, the result is approximately the number of hops the ping
> took. Must UNIXes set their initial TTL to 255.
> 
> 	(For the record, most of this information is in 'man ping'.)
> 
> 	DS
> 
> > Anyone know what the TTL means when you ping someone?
> >
> > I also noticed that my TTL is in the 200's while every other customer I
> > ping is in the 100's
> >
> > even my win98 computer on the same cable modem is in the 100's
> >
> > i think it stands for time to live...but that doesn't seem to
> > tell me much.....
> >
> >
> 
>