[LI] Re: [Linux-India] strange response from ping

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 10:13:24PM +0100, Sunil Sarat wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed RedHat Linux on Alpha Miata Workstation. My NIC is  DEC PCI
> DC21142 and it was autoprobed and eth0 was up while booting. But when I try
> to ping the local host, I get the following error message. Some one please
> tell me what this is about. This is the first time I'm seeing such an error
> message.
> 

There is a bug in ping that causes this problem on 64 bit architectures.
Upgrade to a recent version.

	-Arun

PS: I discovered it while porting it to a much rumored about 64 bit 
architecture from a large semiconductor company :-)

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