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RE: Ping TImes

From: Regan Murphy <regan.murphy_at_oasystems.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:23:33 +1300
Message-ID: <A4C042FF77ABFA4BAAF465910AA06B2B6AA5ED@sabre.oasystems.co.nz>

> -----Original Message-----
> If I ping the first hop from a Trace Route (the server IP
> from the PPP properties) with continuous pings I get times of
> 27ms to 35ms averaging about 32ms most of the time.
> Sometimes (about every 50 to 100 pings if pinging is
> continuous) I get a bunch of pings which range from 200ms to
> 2,000ms. This happens no matter what time of the day or
> night I try it.
>
> I have an internal ADSL card and I am nothing else is running
> at the times I am doing the pings.
>
> Telecom said my line tests ok - perfect was the word they used.
>
> What can I do to improve this? Is this an ISP issue or an
> issue with my line or my computer?

Or is it even an issue at all? Is it stopping your internet from
working?

I can't even do a tracert via my ISP as they block ICMP traffic on some
of their routers.

--
Regan
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Received on Mon Nov 24 13:23:41 2003

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