[SATLUG] Ping with 75%+ packet loss!

[Raul Duran]

More on this ODD case...
If I ping the IP address instead of the name, I get ZER0% packet loss. Seems 
like I'm having a DNS issue here.

HELP!
/RD

>I really need help this time!
>My Linux box is working VERY SLOW. Then I noticed this:
>
>[root at www /root]# ping www.satlug.org
>PING www.satlug.org (207.235.6.99) from 192.168.1.10 : 56(84) bytes of 
>data.
>64 bytes from satlug.org (207.235.6.99): icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=57.186 
>msec
>64 bytes from satlug.org (207.235.6.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=52.141 
>msec
>64 bytes from satlug.org (207.235.6.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=52.152 
>msec
>64 bytes from satlug.org (207.235.6.99): icmp_seq=4 ttl=240 time=52.158 
>msec
>64 bytes from satlug.org (207.235.6.99): icmp_seq=5 ttl=240 time=52.154 
>msec
>
>--- www.satlug.org ping statistics ---
>27 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 77% packet loss
>round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 52.141/52.989/57.186/1.899 ms
>
>Why is the ping packet loss that high?
>If I try the same with my Windoze boxes, things go as usual, with ZERO% 
>packet loss. Any idea why?
>
>As a background: ETH0 is a 10mbps in DISABLED mode, while ETH1 is connected 
>to my LAN (10/100mbps):
>
>[root at www /root]# ifconfig
>eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:E2:05:D3:19
>          inet addr:192.168.1.10  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          IPX/Ethernet 802.3 addr:00000003:0004E205D319
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:365 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x7000
>
>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
>TIA &
>Hasta la Vista
>/RD


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