XPost: comp.os.linux.networking   
   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip jack  wrote:   
   > ....   
   > -s packetsize   
   > Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent.  The default  is 56,   
   > which translates into 64 ICMP data bytes when combined with the 8 bytes   
   > of ICMP header data.   
   > .....   
      
   I guess there is an opportunity to fix the "linux" ping manpage then -   
   that would be 64 IP data bytes when the 56 bytes of ICMP data are   
   added to the 8 bytes of ICMP header...   
      
   Since comp.protocols.tcp-ip is included, here is how for the ping   
   which ships with HP-UX :)   
      
    SYNOPSIS   
         ping [-oprv] [-f address-family] [-i address] [-I interval] [-t ttl]   
         host [-n count [-m timeout]]   
      
         ping [-oprv] [-f address-family] [-i address] [-I interval] [-t ttl]   
         host packet-size [ [-n] count [-m timeout]]   
      
   rick jones   
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