XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip   
   From: ndav1@cox.net   
      
   Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > In article <76ods2F1csbkvU1@mid.individual.net>,   
   >  "Spin"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Gurus,   
   >>   
   >> What's the size in bytes of a typical PING packet and of a typical SNMP Trap   
   >> packet?   
   >   
   > Don't know offhand for SNMP, but the ping command tells you how big it   
   > is:   
   >   
   > $ ping 4.2.2.1   
   > PING 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1): 56 data bytes   
   > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=15.436 ms   
   > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=17.288 ms   
   >   
      
   Don't forget that ping is reporting the data size there is a 14 byte   
   Ethernet header, a 20 byte IP header and an 8 byte ICMP header, also a 4   
   byte Ethernet trailer (the FCS).   
      
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