Subject: RE: AW: your mail

From: "David Allan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:33:48 -0400

Lets be a bit more precise, in a converged network a test tool such as ICMP
"SHOULD" follow the same path as the traffic.

Dave 

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> From: Naidu, Venkata [mailto:[email-masked]]
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> Subject: RE: AW: your mail
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> 
> Dave,
> 
> -> Similarly any path test tool (e.g. ICMP) must follow the 
> same path as the
> traffic.
>                                             ^^^^
> 
>   Not true. One can't guarantee that behavior in IP routing.
> 
> --
> Venkata
>