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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: iputils (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  ping got confused about IP-adress after host unreachable

Status in iputils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I tried pinging an IP address on an internal network. My IP is
  10.0.0.95, and I'm trying to ping 10.0.0.96. Here's what it looked
  like:

  $ ping 10.0.0.96
  PING 10.0.0.96 (10.0.0.96) 56(84) bytes of data.
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=9 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable
  From 10.0.0.95 icmp_seq=12 Destination Host Unreachable
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=5.01ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=0.658ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=0.459ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=16 ttl=64 time=0.432ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=17 ttl=64 time=0.437ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=0.348ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.485ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=20 ttl=64 time=0.529ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.95: icmp_seq=21 ttl=64 time=0.459ms
  [snip]
  ^C
  --- 10.0.0.96 ping statistics ---
  47 packets transmitted, 35 received, +12 errors, 25% packet loss, time 46069ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.348/2.693/70.753/11.712 ms, pipe 3
  $ ping 10.0.0.96
  PING 10.0.0.96 (10.0.0.96) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.96: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.324ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.96: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.405ms
  64 bytes from 10.0.0.96: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.357ms
  etc...

  
  So on the initial run, ping claims it got a ping reply from 10.0.0.95, which isn't the address I'm pinging. It's my host, and it's normal to get the initial ICMP "Destination Host Unreachable" messages from the local IP when ARP fails. I almost immediately reran ping, and now the host was up from the start, and see responses coming from the actual host that I'm pinging.

  Looking at the times, the ping replies appear to actually come from
  10.0.0.96, or at least some other remote host, based on the time
  values. If I ping 10.0.0.95 (my own IP), I'm seeing time values of
  0.040ms or thereabouts, so an order of magnitude faster.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: iputils-ping 3:20121221-4ubuntu1.1
  Uname: Linux 3.17.1-031701-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Jul  3 15:16:40 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-09 (266 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: iputils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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