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Subject: Re: Network oddity between two FreeBSD machines.
To: bakul@netcom.com (Bakul Shah)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:54:12 -0800 (PST)
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I've seen this somewhere...

what does it say if you ask ping to record the route taken..
(-R I think .. check the man-page)

> 
> I spent some time tracking this but gave up as more pressing
> things had to be done but I am curious as to why this
> happens.  That 10ms reduction on successive pings sounds like
> some internal timer going off.

interrupts on th 'B' board correct?