[vox-tech] Why I'll Never Be a Network Admin Guy

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Richard Crawford (rscrawford@mossroot.com):

> So what does "Time to live exceeded" mean?

It means that the ICMP packets (comprising the ping attempt) were taking
too long to reach the destination, such that they exceeded their allowed
lifetime before getting there.

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