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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@legarto.minn.net>
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Subject: Re: Ping times over PPP link to Linux box
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On Fri, 9 Jun 1995, Mike Pritchard wrote:

> I recently switched to a new ISP, and my new provider runs PPP
> on a Linux box.  Pings times from my machine to theirs over a 28.8 
> modem average 220ms.  With my previous provider (SLIP - SunOs) I 
> usually got ping times of 160ms.  I also average 160ms ping times
> over a PPP link that is established between a 28.8 modem and a 
> 14.4 modem both on my own machine, so I don't think the FreeBSD
> PPP interface is at fault.

  It may not be that easy.  Some systems place responding to pings at the 
lowest priority, so the response time will be based on overall system load.

Tom