[TriLUG] some TCP utilities ignore kernel routing table?

[Shane O'Donnell]

And, so, curiosity got the best of me and I looked it up...ignore my
/proc recommendation.

http://linux-ip.net/html/tools-ip-route.html#tools-ip-route-flush-cache

Evidently, I'm old school.

Then again, there's no school like the old school.

Shane O.

On 1/10/06, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, you might verify the problem by using both ping (as provided by
> OS) and fping (as provided by http://www.fping.com/).  It seems that
> one relied on the kernel's cache and one didn't.
>
> You're getting into some murky areas here--areas that a networking
> class would likely not help too much (assuming you know the basics
> about how ping/ICMP work...)
>
> Shane O>
>
> On 1/10/06, Ron Joffe <rjoffe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 12:38, Brian Henning wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >    Just wondering if someone could shed some light on why it seems that
> > > some tcp utilities seem to ignore the kernel routing table.  For
> > > example:  (Sorry about the wrapping..)
> >
> > Could the problem be on the remote end. The packets might be getting there,
> > but might not know how to route back to your box.
> >
> > Is this a vpn or tunnel that you have set up with forwarding from 1.124 to the
> > 192.168.10.0 network?
> >
> > Ron
> >
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