On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:01:07 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:52:13 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message:
(...) >> No, I think this has nothing to do with the router. Just look at Adam's >> traceroute when using "-I" (without "-z"): >> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/10/msg01565.html >> >> > ..my _guess_ is that the "hub" part matters, in the old days, hubs > worked the same way as coax wire, _all_ signals are|were seen by all > nics on the coax or in all hub ports, with whatever that meant of packet > loss and packet collisions and other such mayhem. On top of that, a > decade or so back, we had these fun "unmanaged switch"|"managed hub" etc > confusion_s_ going on and on, which had a lot of people throw away good > gear as bad, etc. Part of the reason I measure my success by smoke > volume. ;o) Just make your own test with your hardware and you'll see the same :-) It does not matter the router/hub/switch in between (I have another DSL modem-routers in the office and I get the same "asterisks" coming from linux boxes "tracerouters" but not from windows hosts). It's just a curiosity, nothing more. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.10.26.18.10...@gmail.com
