1 second ping times on a LAN

[Howard Lowndes]

Can anyone explain why I get this on a LAN:

# ping -n 192.168.40.129
PING 192.168.40.129 (192.168.40.129) from 192.168.40.1 : 56(84) bytes of
data.
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=999.649 msec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec
64 bytes from 192.168.40.129: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=1.000 sec

--- 192.168.40.129 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 999.649/1000.568/1000.789/0.656 ms


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