Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 20:32:26 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ping results are sometimes wrong Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030517203058.02ddaa90@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3EC681DB.1050109@isi.edu> References: <200305171831.MAA17776@lariat.org> <200305171831.MAA17776@lariat.org>
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At 12:39 PM 5/17/2003, Lars Eggert wrote: >Various link layers have different characteristics. Trying to optimize >the averaging algorithm based on the specific behavior of one particular >link layer is probably not useful for a network layer tool like ping. True. But the first ping is, in most cases, not going to be representative. So, it pays to throw it away if you're compiling statistics of any sort. --Brett
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