IPv6 packet losses - 20% normal on traceroute6s?

Michel Py michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us
Sun, 3 Mar 2002 13:20:50 -0800


> Pekka Savola wrote:
> This is most probably caused by hare-brained ICMP error
> rate-limiting; you can detect old Cisco's from the crowd
> as they drop about every other traceroute.  It has been
> fixed in recently released 12.2(8)T, and remedied in the
> ICMP6 draft standard candidate draft.

Unfortunately 12.2(8)T is not issue-free. For example, priority queuing on ATM interfaces has disappeared. I rolled backed to 12.2.(4)T3.
I think that "ipv6 icmp error-interval 0" takes care of that issue.

Michel.