sending ping to a device and receiving 2 replies

[carl_townshend]

Hello all

I have a funny situation, I send a ping reply to a server and get 2 responses back, I also get source quench messages from the server.

Any ideas what this could be ?

cheers

[mlund]

Hi Carl

Source-quench means that the server, when answering the ping, indicates that it is busy.

That's probably why the server is not replying on every ping.

info on this link

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_note09186a00800a6057.shtml

/Mikael

[rsimoni]

Hi Carl,

If the device which sends 2 replies is always the same one and it always sends a standard reply and a source quench reply it might be a normal behavior for that device when it is busy. You might want to check why it is busy.  In any case I guess this is something you should check with the server vendor to see how the tcp/ip stack has been implemented to see if this is the expected behavior.

I would not be too worried anyway.

Riccardo