Ping returns with message "wrong data byte #XX" and shows packet drops.
Issue
Ping to a external system from an interface will result with messages similar to the following:
[root@HOSTMAME ~]# ping 192.168.64.168
PING 192.168.64.168 (192.168.64.168) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.15 ms
wrong data byte #52 should be 0x34 but was 0x76
#8 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
#40 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 76 35 36 37
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.167 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.190 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.169 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.142 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.160 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=0.186 ms
wrong data byte #52 should be 0x34 but was 0x76
#8 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
#40 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30 31 32 33 76 35 36 37
64 bytes from 192.168.64.168: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.171 ms
--- 192.168.64.168 ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 8 received, 50% packet loss, time 15003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.142/0.417/2.156/0.657 ms, pipe 2
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,5,6
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