mtr shows packet loss through network
Issue
- We are doing a packet loss test with the below command, which shows packet loss:
root@hostname# mtr --interval=0.1 -r -c 1000 10.2.5.41
HOST: hostname Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 10.2.4.1 0.0% 1000 1.0 0.9 0.7 3.4 0.2
2. 10.88.112.1 0.3% 1000 1.1 0.9 0.7 2.1 0.2
3. 10.2.5.41 0.0% 1000 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.1
- Some web sources suggest
mtr
results are not reliable and have some bugs. - Is this a known issue with
mtr
?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
- Network interface
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