From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:56:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01245 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:23:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06792 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:31:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA22612; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:30:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:30:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Alejandro Galindo cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: round-trip betwen my server and a client modem In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19980110011338.008517e8@exsocom.com.mx> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Alejandro Galindo wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 2.2.5 with pppd 2.2 server installed, some people > access internet accross my server, last night i use the ping command for > verify the comunication between my server and the other side (the modem of > some people) the result was next: (pppc00 is the interface assigned to > /dev/ttyc00) > > --------------------------------------------------------- > # ping pppc00.exsocom.com.mx > > PING pppc00.exsocom.com.mx (200.34.46.150): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=0 ttl=32 time=246.289 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=1 ttl=32 time=228.230 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=2 ttl=32 time=262.116 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=3 ttl=32 time=226.231 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=4 ttl=32 time=227.824 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=5 ttl=32 time=216.208 ms > 64 bytes from 200.34.46.150: icmp_seq=6 ttl=32 time=236.875 ms > ^C > --- pppc00.exsocom.com.mx ping statistics --- > 7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 216.208/234.825/262.116/14.109 ms ^^^^^^^ > the average time is 234.825 ms Really, you don't say. I believe ping told you that already :-) > is this normal? and why is slowly? Because it's dialup. It's slow by definition. > if i ping to a pc conected to my LAN the average time is 0.937 ms and this > is ok. And that is Ethernet for you. Now you know why Ethernet wired student housing is so popular -- once you have Ethernet, you can never go back to modems. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major