Hi all, I was just wondering what determines the default ttl on a ping?? I just noticed now a while ago, when I ping a system across some VPN's that we run, it runs with a TTL of 126, where as, if I ping something else, the TTL is 251 ?? Any info appreciated. Regards, Chris Knipe Technical Administrator Vardus (Pty) Ltd Cape Town - South Africa Tel: (+27) 21 670 9880 Fax: (+27) 21 674 4549 Cell: (+27) 83 430 8151 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org