Oracle Linux: High Percentage Of ICMP Packet Drops Revealed During Inbound Flood Ping
(Doc ID 2393866.1)
Last updated on JUNE 02, 2022
Applies to:
Oracle VM - Version 3.3.5 and laterOracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
A flood ping sends ping packets to the destination, possibly using a burst of transmissions, and displays a dot (.) for each returned ping echo. The network is showing an extremely high packet drop rate. This is denoted by the dot not being displayed.
Changes
The file /etc/sysctl.conf has a line which reads:
which was done as part of a network troubleshooting exercise.
Cause
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