Re: basic ping diff with windows ping

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Camaleón on 25/10/10 11:04, wrote:
> The potion can be improved to get a closer mimic of the windows "tracert":
>
> traceroute -I -z 500 mktgw1.ibllc.com
>
> (1 second generates much delay, by reducing to 500ms we can leave the 3 
> stantard queries without hassle)
>
> > Seriously slightly quirky, but now it's better than windows again, which
> > is the way it should be.
>
> The only thing it could make a difference between Windows "tracert" and 
> Linux "traceroute" is iptables but I 'm not sure about that (how can 
> iptables interfere with traceroute, by blocking/filtering packets? :-?)

I didn't mean linux traceroute was quirky in execution - I just meant the 
options were not ideal for me. The dumbed-down version on windows was just right 
for my abilities and knowledge and what I wanted. But then if I hadn't used the 
windows traceroute first I might never have developed such preconceptions.