From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer Subject: Re: ping6: why TTL instead of Hop Limit? Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 00:33:04 +0100 Message-ID: <20120107233304.GA618@hell> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Luedtke Return-path: Received: from alternativer.internetendpunkt.de ([88.198.24.89]:32944 "EHLO geheimer.internetendpunkt.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751823Ab2AGXdK (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2012 18:33:10 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Dan Luedtke | 2012-01-07 19:07:03 [+0100]: >I was just wondering why there is a TTL-field in ping6, although the >corresponding field in the IPv6 header is called "Hop Limit". [1] > >Example: >> ping6 -c 1 www.linux-ipv6.org >> 64 bytes from 2001:200:dff:fff1:216:3eff:fea4:f9e9: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=309 ms > >What I expected: >> 64 bytes from 2001:200:dff:fff1:216:3eff:fea4:f9e9: icmp_seq=1 hl=48 time=309 ms > >Anyone an idea? >Should I write a patch or is there a special reason for this? Sorry, to late! You will break scripts/programms that parse ping6. Hagen