Re: Weird ping returns

[Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 Den 02/09/10 20.48, Burns, Bryan skrev:
> What would cause a ping request to return a different address as shown
> below?  And are there scenarios where a timeout every once and awhile
> can be considered normal?  (192.168.1.102 is a wireless printer and
> 192.168.0.239 is a wireless handheld computer/scanner).
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> P:\>ping 192.168.1.102
>
> Pinging 192.168.1.102 with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Request timed out.
> Request timed out.
> Reply from 192.168.0.239: bytes=32 time=774ms TTL=255
> Reply from 192.168.0.239: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=255
>
> Ping statistics for 192.168.1.102:
>      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>      Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 774ms, Average = 389ms
This looks strange.   Try doing a traceroute/tracert to the various 
ip-numbers.  You might find that the packets go different routes than 
you think.

Also you might have a bad wireless connection causing packet loss.