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From: wittlin@sci.kun.nl (Aleksander Wittlin)
Subject: Ping problem
Message-ID: <C6GGGM.HDF@sci.kun.nl>
Summary: ping gives message sendto: No buffer space available
Keywords: ping,net
Sender: news@sci.kun.nl (News owner)
Nntp-Posting-Host: angel.sci.kun.nl
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 14:33:57 GMT
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Hello,
I get a strange message from ping ( 486 8Mb, 0.1+patchkit 0.2.2 + we0 ):
ping machine.xx.xx
ping: wrote machine.xx.xx 64 chars, ret -1
ping: sendto: No buffer space available

What sort of buffer space am I missing? 
Is it a bug or is it a feature?

A. Wittlin
HFML
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands