Re: getting different ttl values for the same IP

From: Pieter Danhieux (opr@bsdaemon.be)
Date: Wed Dec 28 2005 - 17:55:25 EST


Could be that port 401 and/or 400 are portforwarded to another box. Thus
your TTL value in the reply will be dependant of which OS is running on
the box where the portforward is arriving.

greets

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 aqua.le0@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all
>
> While performing a TCP traceroute using cain&able i got different ttl values for the same ip, can anyone explain about this
>
>
> 10.10.10.10;401 ms (TTL=230) - TTL exceeded;411 ms (TTL=230) - TTL exceeded;500 ms (TTL=230) - TTL exceeded;(Unknown)
>
> 10.10.10.10;400 ms (TTL=106) - Echo Reply;401 ms (TTL=102) - Echo Reply;400 ms (TTL=102) - Echo Reply;(Unknown);
>
> Rgds
>
> Aqua
>
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