arcs.ltee@googlemail.com wrote:
> When I ping (/usr/sbin/ping) a host from HP-UX 11i (B.11.11), the
> responses do not include the TTL value. Tried looking at the man
> page but could not find a way to show the TTL. Pls advise.

Short of porting another ping program, or submitting the enhancement
request, you might use traceroute to get the hop-count between
systems.

You could also I suppose take a nettl or tcpdump trace of the traffic
and inspect the IP headers directly.

HP-UX 11.11 ping does seem to claim a -t option to set the TTL,
ostensibly one could use that to binary search the hop count.
However, my experiments with it on an 11.11 system suggested that
while the -t option is mentioned it is a noop and ping or what it was
using at least, was always setting the TTL to 255.

rick jones
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