Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:50:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: David Greenman <dg@Root.COM> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, Christopher Masto <exidor@nimbus.superior.net>, question@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp over vty possible ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961014094700.26638A-100000@harlie> In-Reply-To: <199610141531.IAA20691@root.com>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, David Greenman wrote: > fastimeout can't be involved with pings since they use ICMP, not TCP. 14.4K > 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. Now I don't feel so bad. I get 140ms pings across a pair of ZOOM 28.8 modems. (Down from 180 with my old ISP). I noticed that compression made no difference on these modems for ping time, though I expected the ping time to go down without compression.
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