{1252}$ sudo ping -f localhost Password: PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................--- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- 1596 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 99% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0.567/0.567/0.567 ms I have heard the latest ping in iputils works properly, alan cox seems to know the details.
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