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To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: ppp over vty possible ? 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:02:16 -0700
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>> modems usually have large delays due to buffering and compression delays. Some
>> are better than others. I used to see 170ms on certain Intel modes, and as low
>> as 110ms on certain 28.8K Hayes modems. Supra's are usually about the worst
>> at near 200ms.
>
>Thanks for these data points. How did you get them, using ping or
>something else ?

   Usually ping with a variety of test sizes.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project