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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2001 01:02:22 -0400
From:      Bryan Fullerton <bjf@samurai.com>
To:        bv@wjv.com
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPPoE latency
Message-ID:  <f05101002b76700057320@[192.168.1.34]>
In-Reply-To: <20010703004307.E2458@wjv.com>
References:  <f05101003b766f52ce823@[192.168.1.34]> <20010703004307.E2458@wjv.com>

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At 12:43 AM -0400 7/3/01, Bill Vermillion wrote:
>The only way to be sure it is OS related [and I suspect it is not]
>is to take your machine to their location.  DSL can vary in speed
>from location to location.

Ah - here I should mention that I had similar ping times with this 
same provider when I was on the other side of the city (moved in 
March). Before I moved, I was approximately 5 blocks from the CO. Not 
really sure where I am in relation to the CO now, but transfer speed 
(which I'm happy with) has been the max they provide over this link.

>Since the first link to the DSL is not your system but the box
>above it, I really suspect that is the problem.

The pings that I provided were to the first hop, ie my gateway at the 
other end of the connection. It could be latency in my provider's 
network, I suppose, but seems unlikely it'd affect me in two 
locations and not my friend in a third (also downtown). But certainly 
possible.

>   BTW I am NOT using PPPoE but PPoA.

So.. not actually doing packet encapsulation and authentication with 
FreeBSD PPP then? If so, then we're not comparing apples to apples.

Thanks,

Bryan
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