Why does traceroute timeout(*) if re-run in less than 3 seconds in RHEL?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running traceroute the first time works normally:
# traceroute 192.168.10.10 
traceroute to 192.168.10.10 (192.168.10.10), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.10.10 (192.168.10.10)  0.118 ms  0.114 ms  0.110 ms
# 
  • Re-running the command immediately(in less than 3 seconds) returns "*":
# traceroute 192.168.10.10 
traceroute to 192.168.10.10 (192.168.10.10), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  * * *
 3  * * *
 4  * * *
 5  * * *
 6  * 192.168.10.10 (192.168.10.10)  0.095 ms  0.084 ms
  • The Oracle RAC installations does this test during the setup. If the test fails, the set up won't start.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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