-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ok, I am running a Quality Of Service script here to see if I am having problem. since my last service outage last week (cox.net) this started cropping up: ************************************** 04/29/03 23:26:39 0% 04/29/03 23:26:49 0% 04/29/03 23:26:58 0% 04/29/03 23:27:07 0% WARNING: failed to install socket filter : Protocol not available ********************************************* and here is the script I am using... ******************************************** #!/bin/sh #QOS checker while [ 1 ]; do echo `date "+%D %H:%M:%S"` `ping -c10 216.109.125.70 | grep loss | awk '{print $6}'` done ******************************************* now, I have changed nothing on my system, I get the same errors from other boxen inside the lan (and even from the iptables firewall box). is there something that cox has done that is preventing ping from working correctly? a normal single ping to an address doesn't reveal this. Technomage - -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+r22ln/usgigAaLcRAvK1AJ0Vdqd+djimcxLPG1cKEUi0VAPcXACdFN9u tidsQ476kI8uVh1XK2I0vPI= =nEjT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----