I can see the same issue on 12.04-1. It seems mtr 0.80(included in precise 12.04) and also 0.82(included in 12.10) are having this bug. Running the mtr without report switch won't show lost packets. So it seems some bug in the reporting code.
sven@Ubuntu1204-1:~$ mtr -nrc 2 webmail.optuszoo.com.au HOST: Ubuntu1204-1 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- 192.168.178.1 0.0% 2 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.2 2.|-- 62.214.64.79 0.0% 2 39.5 39.6 39.5 39.7 0.2 3.|-- 62.214.109.13 0.0% 2 41.3 41.1 40.8 41.3 0.4 4.|-- 62.214.110.245 0.0% 2 39.6 39.9 39.6 40.2 0.4 5.|-- 62.214.110.241 0.0% 2 41.0 40.9 40.8 41.0 0.1 6.|-- 62.214.111.29 0.0% 2 39.8 40.4 39.8 41.1 0.9 7.|-- 62.214.110.237 0.0% 2 113.4 77.1 40.7 113.4 51.4 8.|-- 149.6.138.205 0.0% 2 45.7 43.0 40.3 45.7 3.9 9.|-- 130.117.0.121 0.0% 2 43.0 43.9 43.0 44.8 1.3 10.|-- 154.54.37.114 0.0% 2 54.2 54.6 54.2 55.1 0.6 11.|-- 154.54.44.209 0.0% 2 124.6 124.9 124.6 125.3 0.5 12.|-- 154.54.44.102 0.0% 2 132.4 131.5 130.6 132.4 1.3 13.|-- 154.54.6.154 0.0% 2 146.9 146.0 145.1 146.9 1.3 14.|-- 154.54.84.73 0.0% 2 158.7 158.4 158.1 158.7 0.4 15.|-- 154.54.45.66 0.0% 2 196.4 196.2 196.1 196.4 0.2 16.|-- 154.54.7.174 0.0% 2 195.3 195.4 195.3 195.5 0.2 17.|-- 154.54.10.170 0.0% 2 195.6 195.3 194.9 195.6 0.6 18.|-- 203.208.148.82 50.0% 2 345.0 345.0 345.0 345.0 0.0 19.|-- ??? 100.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.|-- 210.49.105.6 50.0% 2 343.7 343.7 343.7 343.7 0.0 21.|-- 211.29.129.38 50.0% 2 348.0 348.0 348.0 348.0 0.0 22.|-- 211.29.129.213 50.0% 2 344.6 344.6 344.6 344.6 0.0 23.|-- 211.29.129.202 50.0% 2 397.5 397.5 397.5 397.5 0.0 24.|-- 211.29.132.83 50.0% 2 345.5 345.5 345.5 345.5 0.0 My traceroute [v0.82] Ubuntu1204-1 (0.0.0.0) Fri Dec 14 11:54:42 2012 Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit Packets Pings Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1. 192.168.178.1 0.0% 3 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 2. 62.214.64.79 0.0% 3 38.1 51.0 38.1 72.7 18.9 3. 62.214.109.13 0.0% 3 39.4 40.0 39.0 41.6 1.4 4. 62.214.110.245 0.0% 2 195.7 117.2 38.6 195.7 111.1 5. 62.214.110.241 0.0% 2 40.0 39.3 38.6 40.0 1.0 6. 62.214.111.29 0.0% 2 39.9 54.2 39.9 68.6 20.3 7. 62.214.110.237 0.0% 2 39.8 54.6 39.8 69.4 20.9 8. 149.6.138.205 0.0% 2 41.5 53.8 41.5 66.1 17.4 9. 130.117.0.121 0.0% 2 44.8 45.0 44.8 45.1 0.2 10. 154.54.37.114 0.0% 2 55.1 54.7 54.2 55.1 0.7 11. 154.54.44.209 0.0% 2 124.6 124.7 124.6 124.8 0.2 12. 154.54.44.102 0.0% 2 130.7 131.2 130.7 131.8 0.7 13. 154.54.6.154 0.0% 2 145.5 146.0 145.5 146.6 0.8 14. 154.54.84.73 0.0% 2 156.7 157.3 156.7 158.0 0.9 15. 154.54.45.66 0.0% 2 194.5 195.3 194.5 196.0 1.1 16. 154.54.7.174 0.0% 2 199.1 197.4 195.7 199.1 2.4 17. 154.54.10.170 0.0% 2 221.0 208.7 196.4 221.0 17.4 18. 203.208.148.82 0.0% 2 343.9 343.7 343.5 343.9 0.2 19. ??? 20. 210.49.105.6 0.0% 2 346.3 345.8 345.3 346.3 0.7 21. 211.29.129.38 0.0% 2 343.4 343.4 343.4 343.5 0.1 22. 211.29.129.213 0.0% 2 345.3 366.8 345.3 388.4 30.5 23. 211.29.129.202 0.0% 2 345.7 349.3 345.7 353.0 5.2 24. 211.29.132.83 0.0% 2 343.7 344.6 343.7 345.4 1.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/966065 Title: mtr misses last packet in report mode for high latency hops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mtr/+bug/966065/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs